Song as an indicator of parasitism in the sedge warbler

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-314

  Buchanan, K L ^a,b   Catchpole, C K ^a   Lewis, J W ^a   Lodge, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITISM; SONG;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; PLASMODIUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0033083234     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0969     Document Type: Article

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