Diversity and structure of feather mite communities on seabirds from the north–east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

Abstract The richness and structure of symbiont assemblages are shaped by many factors acting at different spatial and temporal scales. Among them, host phylogeny and geographic distance play essential roles. To explore drivers of richness and structure of symbiont assemblages, feather mites and sea...

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Main Authors: Laura M. Stefan, Wolf Isbert, Elena Gómez-Díaz, Sergey V. Mironov, Jorge Doña, Karen D. McCoy, Jacob González-Solís
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30858-8