Hematozoa in endemic subspecies of Common Kestrel in the Cape Verde Islands

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 752-757

  Hille, Sabine Marlene ^a   Nash, Jon Patrick ^b   Krone, Oliver ^c  

^a University of Applied Sciences   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falco tinnunculus; Haemoproteus; Hematozoa; Island populations; Plasmodium; Raptor

Indexed keywords

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; PLASMODIUM FALLAX; RAPTORES;

EID: 36448997380     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.4.752     Document Type: Article

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