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Bird Lice

Bird Lice is a parasitic ectopterygotan insect of the order Phthiraptera that specializes in infesting avian hosts, distinguished from related ectoparasites by its morphological adaptations to feather microhabitats and obligate dependence on birds for nutrition and development.

477

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932

Authors

373

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2017–2026

58

Parents

Publications

477

Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Stanley Cramp · 1977 · 3.3K citations

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How Birds Combat Ectoparasites

Dale H. Clayton, Jennifer A. H. Koop, Christopher W. Harbison et al. · The Open Ornithology Journal · 2010 · 301 citations · Full text

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Mate Choice in Experimentally Parasitized Rock Doves: Lousy Males Lose

Dale H. Clayton · American Zoologist · 1990 · 226 citations · Full text

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Reciprocal Natural Selection on Host‐Parasite Phenotypes

Dale H. Clayton, Patricia L. M. Lee, Daniel M. Tompkins et al. · The American Naturalist · 1999 · 201 citations

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Low humidity reduces ectoparasite pressure: implications for host life history evolution

Brett R. Moyer, Devin M. Drown, Dale H. Clayton · Oikos · 2002 · 201 citations

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1–5 of 477

Authors

932

  1. DH
    Dale H. Clayton

    University of Utah, United States

    50 publications · 3.7K citations

    30

    h-index

  2. KP
    Kevin P. Johnson

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    34 publications · 2K citations

    23

    h-index

  3. SE
    Sarah E. Bush

    University of Utah, United States

    25 publications · 1.5K citations

    20

    h-index

  4. OS
    Oldřich Sychra

    University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Czechia

    19 publications · 318 citations

    13

    h-index

  5. RL
    Ricardo L. Palma

    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

    17 publications · 535 citations

    12

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1–5 of 932

Institutions

373

  1. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    29 h-index

    130 publications

    8.2K citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    19 h-index

    52 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Illinois Archaeological Survey

    Champaign, United States

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

    Wellington, New Zealand

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    539 citations

  6. University of Veterinary Sciences Brno

    Brno, Czechia

    12 h-index

    62 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

    Poznan, Poland

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    528 citations

  8. Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology

    Brno, Czechia

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    213 citations

1–8 of 373

Venues

  1. Journal of Parasitology

    39 publications · 1K citations

    18

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  2. The Birds of North America Online

    13 publications · 389 citations

    13

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  3. Zootaxa

    21 publications · 316 citations

    11

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  4. Parasitology

    11 publications · 365 citations

    11

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 10 publications · 165 citations

    10

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