Blood parasites and nest defense behaviour of Tengmalm's owls

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 574-577

  Hakkarainen, Harri ^a   Ilmonen, Petteri ^a   Koivunen, Vesa ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood parasites; Nest defense; Parental investment; Tengmalm's owl; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; BLOOD PARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEST DEFENCE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION;

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; MUSTELA VISON; TRYPANOSOMA AVIUM;

EID: 0031837196     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050482     Document Type: Article

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