Mate choice and reproductive success in the American kestrel: A role for blood parasites?

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 304-317

  Wiehn, Jürgen ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^b   Bildstein, Keith L ^b   Sorjonen, Jorma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN KESTREL; BLOOD PARASITE; HAEMATOZOAN; PARASITIC INFECTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

FALCO SPARVERIUS; HAEMOPROTEUS TINNUNCULI;

EID: 0030617123     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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