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MITE (ACARINA) POPULATIONS IN RING-BILLED GULL NESTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Freitag ,
J. P. Ryder  and
P. Wanson
R. Freitag
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
J. P. Ryder
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
P. Wanson
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
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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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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , March 1974 , pp. 319 - 327
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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