Variation in haematozoan parasitism at local and landscape levels in the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 662-671

  Durrant, Kate L ^a,c   Reed, Jennifer L ^a   Jones, Peter J ^b   Dallimer, Martin ^c   Cheke, Robert A ^d   McWilliam, Andrew N ^e   Fleischer, Robert C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; HEMOPARASITE; MALE; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLUMAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; QUELEA; QUELEA QUELEA;

EID: 36248935571     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.04034.x     Document Type: Article

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