Repeatability of feather mite prevalence and intensity in passerine birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Diaz Real, Javier ^a,b   Serrano, David ^a   Pérez Tris, Javier ^c,d   Fernández González, Sofía ^c   Bermejo, Ana ^d   Calleja, Juan A ^d,e   De La Puente, Javier ^d   De Palacio, Diana ^d   Martínez, José L ^d   Moreno Opo, Rubén ^d   Ponce, Carlos ^d,f   Frías, Óscar ^f   Tella, José L ^a   Møller, Anders P ^g   Figuerola, Jordi ^a   Pap, Péter L ^h,i   Kovács, István ^j   Vágási, Csongor I ^h   Meléndez, Leandro ^k   Blanco, Guillermo ^f   Aguilera, Eduardo ^a   Senar, Juan Carlos ^l   Galván, Ismael ^a   Atiénzar, Francisco ^m   Barba, Emilio ^m   Cantó, José L ⁿ   Cortés, Verónica ^m   Monrós, Juan S ^m   Piculo, Rubén ^m   Vögeli, Matthias ^o   Borras, Antoni ^l   Navarro, Carlos ^p   Mestre, Alexandre ^q   Jovani, Roger ^a   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^h BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^j Milvus Group   (Romania)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^l Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

ⁿ Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja   (Spain)

^o Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^p Profesor Gonzalo Sanchez Vazquez   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLIMATE; FEATHER; HABITAT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MITE; PASSERIFORMES; PREVALENCE; SCIENTIST; SPECIES; VARIANCE; WEATHER; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE INFESTATIONS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHERS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PASSERIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84918811064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107341     Document Type: Article

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