Sex-specific associations between reproductive output and hematozoan parasites of American kestrels

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-200

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg laying; Falco sparverius; Haemoproteus spp.; Hematozoa; Reproductive output

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0035039669     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000506     Document Type: Article

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