Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting on wetlands impacted by oil sands mining are highly parasitized by the bird blow fly Protocalliphora spp

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-178

  Gentes, Marie Line ^a   Whitworth, Terry L ^b   Waldner, Cheryl ^a   Fenton, Heather ^a   Smits, Judit E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Whitworth Pest Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Contaminants; Oil sands; Parasites; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Protocalliphora; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallows

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; PROTOCALLIPHORA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 34250341692     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.167     Document Type: Article

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