Changes in Philornis infestation behavior threaten Darwin's finch survival

Current Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 542-550

  Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a   Peters, Katharina J ^a   Custance, Georgina ^a   Dudaniec, Rachael Y ^b   O'Connor, Jody A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Camarhynchus; Darwin's finches; Ectoparasitism; Geospiza; Host mortality; Parasite size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905680483     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/60.4.542     Document Type: Article

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