Parasites lost - do invaders miss the boat or drown on arrival

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 516-527 Host species that colonize new regions often lose parasite species. Using population arrival and establishment data for New Zealand's introduced bird species and their ectoparasitic chewing lice species, we test the relative importance of different processes a...

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Published in:	Ecology letters Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 516 - 527
Main Authors:	MacLeod, Catriona J, Paterson, Adrian M, Tompkins, Daniel M, Duncan, Richard P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-04-2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Blackwell
Subjects:	Aggregation Animal and plant ecology Animal populations Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Biological and medical sciences Birds Birds - parasitology chewing lice Ecology ectoparasites Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Insecta introduced birds introduction success Invertebrates Lice Mallophaga New Zealand Nonnative species Phthiraptera Population Dynamics propagule pressure sorting events transmission efficiency New Zealand Mallophaga ectoparasites Introduced species Insecta Transmission Propagule introduction success Parasite sorting events transmission efficiency Phthiraptera Sorting Aggregation introduced birds Vertebrata Invasive species chewing lice Arthropoda propagule pressure Ectoparasite Invertebrata Aves Boat
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