Temporal patterns of occurrence and transmission of the blood parasite Haemoproteus payevskyi in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-409

  Hasselquist, Dennis ^a   Östman, Örjan ^b   Waldenström, Jonas ^c   Bensch, Staffan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Avian malaria; Host parasite interactions; Long distance migration; Parasite transmission

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; HATCHING; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIGRATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PASSERINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 34848928952     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0144-2     Document Type: Article

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