Fitness in common buzzards at the cross-point of opposite melanin-parasite interactions

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1062-1069

  Chakarov, N ^a   Boerner, M ^b   Kruger O ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood parasite; Heterozygote advantage; Melanism; Opposing selection on colouration

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COLOR MORPH; ECTOPARASITE; FITNESS; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MELANIN; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NESTLING; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BUTEO BUTEO; CARNIDAE; CARNUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; LEUCOCYTOZOON TODDI; MURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55349135199     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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