Does weather affect biting fly abundance in avian nests?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 653-657

  Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Rivero De Aguilar, Juan ^a   Del Cerro, Sara ^a   Ruiz De Castañeda, Rafael ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; HEMOPHAGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; WEATHER; WIND VELOCITY;

AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HEXAPODA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 70350569132     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04726.x     Document Type: Article

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