Cross-species infection of blood parasites between resident and migratory songbirds in Africa

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1545-1554

  Waldenstrom J ^a,b   Bensch, S ^a   Kiboi, S ^a   Hasselquist, D ^a   Ottosson, U ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ottenby Bird Observatory   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost of migration; Cytochrome b; Haemoproteus; Host shift; Mitochondrial DNA; Parasite transmission; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MIGRATION; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; PASSERI; PLOCEINAE; PROKARYOTA; SYLVIIDAE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035993776     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01523.x     Document Type: Article

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