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Microclimate and host body condition influence mite population growth in a wild bird-ectoparasite system

Parasite populations are never evenly distributed among the hosts they infect. Avian nest ectoparasites, such as mites, are no exception, as their distribution across the landscape is highly aggregated. It remains unclear if this pattern is driven by differences in transmission events alone, or if t...

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Autores principales: Dube, William C., Hund, Amanda K., Turbek, Sheela P., Safran, Rebecca J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6097460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30128287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.07.007