Hyperinfestation by ticks Ixodes uriae: A possible cause of death in adult King Penguins, a long-lived seabird

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-233

  Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^a   Clerquin, Yannick ^a   Handrich, Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; Blood loss; Ixodes uriae; King Penguin; Parasitism; Seabird; Tick

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; SEABIRD; TICK;

ACARI; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; IXODES URIAE; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0032318883     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521910     Document Type: Article

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