The occurrence of haemosporidian parasites in the Fennoscandian bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) population

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-60

  Hellgren, Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Luscinia svecica; PCR; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

BIRD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA; WORLD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 12444306441     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-004-0055-4     Document Type: Article

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