Malarial parasites as geographical markers in migratory birds?

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-216

  Fallon, Sylvia M ^a   Fleischer, Robert C ^a,b   Graves, Gary R ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroica caerulescens; Geographical markers; Haemoproteus; Migratory songbirds; Parasites; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIRD; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MALARIA; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PARASITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION; MALARIA; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 33745299260     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0429     Document Type: Article

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