Effect of tick parasitism on the health status of a passerine bird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1099-1107

  Heylen, D J A ^a   Matthysen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Host parasite interaction; Ixodes ricinus; Parus major; Passerine; Tick; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BREEDING SEASON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY METHOD; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TICK;

AVES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 55349113587     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01463.x     Document Type: Article

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