Body condition and parasite load predict territory ownership in the Galápagos Hawk

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 915-921

  Whiteman, Noah Kerness ^a   Parker, Patricia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Ectoparasite; Falconiformes; Gal pagos; Phthiraptera; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; BUTEO; BUTEO GALAPAGOENSIS; COLPOCEPHALUM; COLPOCEPHALUM TURBINATUM; DEGEERIELLA; DEGEERIELLA REGALIS; FALCONIFORMES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 7744237119     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7551     Document Type: Article

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