Seasonal and age-related changes in blood parasite prevalence in Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis, Aves, Passeriformes)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 456-466

  Deviche, Pierre ^a   Greiner, Ellis C ^b   Manteca, Xavier ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; INSECTA; JUNCO HYEMALIS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PASSERIFORMES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA AVIUM;

EID: 0035370815     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1027     Document Type: Article

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