Microhabitat preference and coexistence of ectoparasitic arthropods on Alaskan seabirds

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Choe, Jae C., Kim, Ke Chung
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1988
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; The Louse; Black-legged Kittiwake; Common Murre; rissa tridactyla; thick-billed murre; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z88-146; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z88-146

The population structure and distribution patterns of ectoparasitic arthropods on four species of Alaskan seabirds (common murre (Uria aalge), thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), and red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)) were studied and interspecific in...