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Avian brood parasitism and ectoparasite richness-scale-dependent diversity interactions in a three-level host-parasite system.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2013
Vas Zoltán, Fuisz Tibor I, Fehérvári Péter, Reiczigel Jenő, Rózsa Lajos
Abstract excerpt
Brood parasitic birds, their foster species and their ectoparasites form a complex coevolving system composed of three hierarchical levels. However, effects of hosts' brood parasitic life-style on the evolution of their louse (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) lineages have never been tested. We present two phylogenetic analyses of ectoparasite richness of brood parasitic clades. Our hypothesis was that brood...
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