Prevalence of malaria and related haemosporidian parasites in two shorebird species with different winter habitat distribution

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Yohannes, Elizabeth ^a   Križanauskienė, Asta ^b   Valcu, Mihai ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^c   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Haemosporidian parasites; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALARIA; PARASITE INFESTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WADER;

ARCTIC;

AVES; CALIDRIS MELANOTOS; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; PLASMODIUM SP.;

EID: 57649210668     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0349-z     Document Type: Article

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