The prevalence of avian Plasmodium is higher in undisturbed tropical forests of Cameroon

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-447

  Bonneaud, Camille ^a,e   Sepil, Irem ^a,f   Mila, Borja ^a,g   Buermann, Wolfgang ^a   Pollinger, John ^a   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a,b   Valkiūnas, Gediminas ^c   Iezhova, Tatjana A ^c   Saatchi, Sassan ^a,d   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroforest; Andropadus latirostris; Andropadus virens; Cyanomitra obscura; Haemoproteus; Hostparasite interaction; Plasmodium; Primary forest; Rain forest birds

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LAND COVER; MITOCHONDRION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; RAINFOREST; SONGBIRD;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANDROPADUS LATIROSTRIS; ANDROPADUS VIRENS; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69449092754     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409006178     Document Type: Article

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