Discovery of internest dispersal by crataerina pallida (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 847-849

  Walker, M D ^a   Rotherham, I D ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

common swift; Crataerina pallida; parasite transmission

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPERSAL; FLY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PARASITIC DISEASE; PARASITISM; RESEARCH WORK; TAXONOMY; VIRULENCE;

APODIDAE; APUS APUS; AVES; CRATAERINA PALLIDA; DIPTERA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE;

EID: 79960546556     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10161     Document Type: Article

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