The haematozoan parasites of common blackbirds Turdus merula: Associations with host condition

Ibis

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 420-426

  Hatchwell, Ben J ^a   Wood, Matt J ^a   Anwar, M Ali ^b   Chamberlain, Dan E ^c   Perrins, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION;

HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PLASMODIUM; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0034985139     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.2001.143.4.420     Document Type: Article

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