Blood parasite prevalence and abundance in the bird com munities of several forested locations in Southeast Asia

Ornithological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Paperna, Ilan ^a   Soh, Malcolm C K ^b   Yap, Charlotte A M ^b   Sodhi, Navjot S ^b   Lim, Susan L H ^c   Prawiradilaga, Dewi M ^d   Nagata, Hisashi ^e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds; Deforestation; Parasitism; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249112090     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.4.129     Document Type: Article

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