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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Avian Biology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02951 |