Blood parasites, health, reproductive success, and egg volume in female Great Tits Parus major

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-87

  Dufva, Reija ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARUS MAJOR; HAEMOPROTEUS; HEPATOZOON; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PLASMODIUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

BLOOD PARASITE; GREAT TIT;

EID: 0029663962     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676964     Document Type: Article

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