Differential impact of West Nile virus on California birds

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Wheeler, Sarah S ^a   Barker, Christopher M ^a   Fang, Ying ^a   Armijos, M Veronica ^a   Carroll, Brian D ^a   Husted, Stan ^b   Johnson, Wesley O ^c   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Avifauna; California; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PICA NUTTALLI; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 67650267137     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080013     Document Type: Article

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