Sex and age‐class differences in feather mite loads in white wagtails Motacilla alba lugens suggest self‐regulation of feather mites by birds
In order to investigate the relationship between feather mites and their hosts taking into account host ecology I examined relationships among feather mite load, and sex, age, wing length and body‐condition in the white wagtail Motacilla alba lugens. I captured 288 wagtails in January (the first per...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Avian Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02943 |