Blood hematocrit measurements of 4 species of North Atlantic seabirds in relation to levels of infestation by the tick Ixodes uriae

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 540-544

  Wanless, S ^a   Barton, T R ^a,b   Harris, M P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alca torda; Alcid; Atlantic Puffin; Black legged Kittiwake; Common Murre; Fratercula arctica; Hematocrit levels; Ixodes uriac; Razorbill; Rissa tridactyla; Tick; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ALCA TORDA; ALCIDAE; AVES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; IXODES; IXODES URIAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0001883164     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521606     Document Type: Article

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