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MITE (ACARINA) POPULATIONS IN RING-BILLED GULL NESTS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
Abstract
Mites collected from 69 Larus delawarensis Ord nests on Granite Island, Lake Superior, northwestern Ontario, during the summers of 1972 and 1973 showed phenological relationships with the breeding cycle of the gulls. The populations of five selected mite genera varied in relation to nest initiation, egg laying, and egg hatching periods of the gulls. Moisture within the nests significantly affected mite population densities, whereas nest density did not.
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