Seasonality in the uropygial gland size and feather mite abundance in house sparrows Passer domestic...
Seasonality in the uropygial gland size and feather mite abundance in house sparrows Passer domesticus: natural covariation and an experiment
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Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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English
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Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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The seasonal change, i.e. the marked differences between seasons of low and high productivity, in the abundance of ectosymbionts and the defence intensity of the host against pathogens is a well defined characteristic of temperate zone organisms. Here we investigate the seasonal variation in the uropygial gland size and the abundance of Proctophyll...
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Seasonality in the uropygial gland size and feather mite abundance in house sparrows Passer domesticus: natural covariation and an experiment
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_815308878
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_815308878
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0908-8857
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1600-048X
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10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05146.x
