Male reproductive success is correlated with blood parasite levels and body condition in the promiscuous aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola)

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 558-565

  Dyrcz, Andrzej ^a   Wink, Michael ^b   Kruszewicz, Andrzej ^c   Leisler, Bernd ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b Institut fur Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie   (Germany)

^c Warsaw Zoological Garden   (Poland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus paludicola; Aquatic warbler; Blood parasites; Male reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

ACROCEPHALUS PALUDICOLA; PALUDICOLA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 18744384722     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0558:MRSICW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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