Ticks (Ixodes sp.) and blood parasites (Haemoproteus spp.) in New Holland Honeyeaters (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae): Evidence for site specificity and fitness costs

Emu

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-118

  Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a   Lambert, Sarah ^a   Paton, David C ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FLEURIEU PENINSULA; KANGAROO ISLAND; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ACARI; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; IXODES; MELIPHAGIDAE; PHYLIDONYRIS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 33646889505     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU05055     Document Type: Article

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