Prevalence and intensity of hematozoan infections in a population of American kestrels

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 162-170

  Dawson, Russell D ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BLOOD PARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RAPTOR;

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 0033395702     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-206     Document Type: Article

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