Effects of common origin and common rearing environment on variance in ectoparasite load and phenotype of nestling Alpine swifts

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-310

  Bize, P ^a   Roulin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost of parasitism; Crataerina melbae; Cross fostering experiment; Heritability; Hippoboscidae; Host parasite interaction; Parasite distribution

Indexed keywords

ANOPLURA; APUS MELBA; AVES; CRATAERINA MELBAE; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 76349120812     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-009-9063-x     Document Type: Article

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