Geographical variation in blood parasites in feral pigeons: The role of vectors

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-314

  Sol, Daniel ^a   Jovani, Roger ^a   Torres, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PARASITE; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBAE; DIPTERA; HAEMOPROTEUS COLUMBAE; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; PSEUDOLYNCHIA CANARIENSIS;

EID: 0034047804     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00286.x     Document Type: Article

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