Isotope signatures in winter moulted feathers predict malaria prevalence in a breeding avian host

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-306

  Yohannes, Elizabeth ^a   Hansson, Bengt ^b   Lee, Raymond W ^c   Waldenström, Jonas ^d   Westerdahl, Helena ^b   Åkesson, Mikael ^b   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b   Bensch, Staffan ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Bird migration; Great reed warbler; Moult; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEUTERIUM; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FEATHER; HEMOPARASITE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALARIA; MIGRATION; MOLT; PASSERINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WINTER;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHY; MOLTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEUTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FEATHERS; GEOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 54349109758     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1138-3     Document Type: Article

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