Risk of ectoparasitism and genetic diversity in a wild lesser kestrel population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3712-3720

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a   Aparicio, Jose Miguel ^a   Calabuig, Gustau ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Falco naumanni; Heterozygosity; Lesser kestrel; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALLOPHAGA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALLOPHAGA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

DEGEERIELLA RUFA; FALCO NAUMANNI; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 34548543053     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03406.x     Document Type: Article

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