Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Authors: | S. M. Villa, Evans, M. D., Subhani, Y. K., Altuna, J. C., Bush, S. E., Clayton, D. H. |
Journal: | Ecological Entomology |
Volume: | 43 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pagination: | 394 - 396 |
Keywords: | ectoparasites, size–fecundity relationship. |
Abstract: | Abstract. 1. Harrison’s rule, which predicts that large-bodied species of hosts have large-bodied species of parasites, has been documented in a wide diversity of parasites. 2. Harrison’s rule has been most thoroughly studied in avian feather lice, which escape from host defence (preening) by hiding in the feathers. Lice that are unable to hide are selectively removed by preening. Preening selects for small lice on small hosts, which |
URL: | http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/een.12511 |
DOI: | 10.1111/een.12511 |
Short Title: | Ecol Entomol |
Body size and fecundity are correlated in feather lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): implications for Harrison's rule
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