Survival and mortality of grey-headed Albatross chicks in relation to infestation by the tick Ixodes uriae

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 452-453

  Haemig, Paul D ^a   Bergström, Sven ^a   Olsen, Björn ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird Island (South Georgia); Diomedea chrysostoma; Grey headed Albatrosses; Ixodes uriae; Parasitism; Ticks

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; NESTLING; PARASITE INFESTATION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA;

ACARI; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; IXODES URIAE; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0032293688     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521661     Document Type: Article

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