Chewing Louse Distributions on Two Neotropical Thrush Species
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We sampled lice from 2 species of Neotropical thrushes, Turdus assimilis, the white-throated robin, and T. grayi, the clay-colored robin, to docu4 Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]). ment the prevalence, intensity, abundance, and species richness on each host. Sampling was conducted in 1999 in the Coto Brus Valley of southern Costa Rica using a modified dust-ruffling technique. The prevalence of lice was high—lice were recovered from 93% (n 14) of T. grayi and 86% (n 22) of T. assimilis
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تاریخ انتشار 2002