Parasites lost - do invaders miss the boat or drown on arrival?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-527

  MacLeod, Catriona J ^a   Paterson, Adrian M ^b   Tompkins, Daniel M ^a   Duncan, Richard P ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Chewing lice; Ectoparasites; Introduced birds; Introduction success; Propagule pressure; Sorting events; Transmission efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BODY SIZE; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOUSE; PERSISTENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; LOUSE; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; LICE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 77951741375     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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