West Nile virus and California breeding bird declines

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-24

  Koenig, Walter D ^a   Marcus, Lauren ^b   Scott, Thomas W ^c   Dickinson, Janis L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian populations; Breeding Bird Survey; Corvidae; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FOWL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; CORVUS CORAX; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34247185249     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0086-4     Document Type: Article

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