Prevalence of blood parasites in European passeriform birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1546, 2004, Pages 1363-1370

  Scheuerlein, Alex ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Haematozoa; Leucocytozoon; Passeriformes; Plasmodium; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

LEUCOCYTOZOON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPROTEUS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 3042808880     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2726     Document Type: Article

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