Population structure, distribution patterns and precopulatory mate-guarding in the feather mite Alloptes Canestrini, 1879 (Acari: Analgoidea: Alloptidae) on auks (Charadriiformes: Alcidae) at the Gannet Islands, Labrador, Canada

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