Parasite pressure and its effects on blood parameters in a stable and dense population of the endangered Lesser grey shrike

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2187-2195

  Valera, Francisco ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^b   Krištín, Anton ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOREST ECOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Conservation; Health status; Immunocompetence; Lanius minor; Parasites; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTLING; PARASITISM; POPULATION DECLINE; SONGBIRD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACARI; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS SP.; LANIIDAE; LANIUS MINOR; MENACANTHUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA SP.;

EID: 33645455380     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-6902-z     Document Type: Article

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