Blood parasites of the house sparrow Passer domesticus from northwestern Russia, with remarks on trends of global geographical distribution in this bird

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 40, Issue 29-31, 2006, Pages 1709-1718

  Valkiunas, G ^a   Iezhova, T A ^a   Bolshakov, C V ^b   Kosarev, V ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Birds; Blood parasites; Haemoproteus; House sparrow; Isospora; Microfilariae; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEMOPARASITE; ISLAND; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURVEY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HEPATOZOON; ISOSPORA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 33845683760     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930601010127     Document Type: Article

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