Hematozoa of forest birds in American Samoa - Evidence for a diverse, indigenous parasite fauna from the South Pacific

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-237

  Atkinson, Carter T ^a   Utzurrum, Ruth C ^b   Seamon, Joshua O ^b   Savage, Amy F ^a   Lapointe, Dennis A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Division   (Samoa)

Author keywords

Atoxoplasma; Filaria; Plasmodium; Samoa; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISEASE; FAUNA; PARASITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

ARTHROPODA; ATOXOPLASMA; AVES; FILARIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA AVIUM;

EID: 33748640841     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc060229     Document Type: Article

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