Effects of spatial and host variables on hematozoa in white-crowned sparrows wintering in Baja California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 786-790

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a,b   Rodríguez Estrella, Ricardo ^c   Merino, Santiago ^d   Bertellotti, Marcelo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood parasites; Effects on body condition; Geographical variation; Haemoproteus coatneyi; White crowned sparrowzonotrichia leucophrys

Indexed keywords

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; PASSERIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA SP.; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COCCIDIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035491056     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.4.786     Document Type: Article

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