Effects of experimental reduction in nest micro-parasite and macro-parasite loads on nestling hemoglobin level in blue tits Parus caeruleus

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-227

  Słomczyński, Robert ^a   Kaliński, Adam ^a   Wawrzyniak, Jarosław ^a   Bańbura, Mirosława ^a   Skwarska, Joanna ^a   Zieliński, Piotr ^a   Bańbura, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Health; Nest; Parasites; Pathogens; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOMETRY; NESTLING; PARASITE; PASSERINE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AVES; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 33749138435     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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