Nest-climatic factors affect the abundance of biting flies and their effects on nestling condition

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 543-547

  Martínez de la Puente, Josué ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Aguilar, Juan Rivero de ^a   del Cerro, Sara ^a   Ruiz de Castañeda, Rafael ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biting midge Culicoides; Black flies; Ficedula hypoleuca; Host parasite interactions; Temperature; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; HOST LOCATION; MICROCLIMATE; NEST SITE; NESTLING; PHENOLOGY; SITE SELECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEIGHT;

AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 78649779943     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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