Ecological factors driving the feather mite associations in tropical avian hosts

Birds host a diversity of ectosymbionts including feather‐dwelling arthropods such as feather mites and lice that they have co‐evolved and speciated with. Among these ectosymbionts, feather mites have evolved more mutualistic to commensal associations with birds than other groups. However, our under...

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Main Authors: Kasun H. Bodawatta, Ian Shriner, Samuel Pigott, Bonny Koane, Celia Vinagre‐Izquierdo, Rodrigo S. Rios, Knud A. Jønsson, Wendy P. Tori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Avian Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02951