| distribution of chewing lice upon the polygynous peacock pavo cristatus. | an opportunistic survey of louse distribution upon the peacock pavo cristatus was undertaken following a cull of 23 birds from an english zoo. after complete skin and feather dissolution, 2 species of lice were retrieved, goniodes pavonis and amyrsidea minuta. the distribution of both louse species could be described by a negative binomial model. the significance of this is discussed in relation to transmission dynamics of lice in the atypical avian mating system found in the peacock, which invo ... | 1996 | 8604123 |