Increased mortality of black-browed albatross chicks at a colony heavily-infested with the tick Ixodes uriae

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1359-1361

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

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bird Island (South Georgia); Black browed albatross; Diomedea melanophrys; Ixodes uriae; Mortality; Parasitism; Survival

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; NESTLING; PARASITE INFESTATION; SEABIRD; TICK;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; IXODES; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; IXODES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANTARCTICA;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRYS; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES URIAE; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0032751405     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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