Prevalence and diversity patterns of avian blood parasites in degraded African rainforest habitats

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4121-4133

  Chasar, Anthony ^a,b   Loiseau, Claire ^a,b   Valkiunas, Gediminas ^b   Iezhova, Tatjana ^c   Smith, Thomas B ^b   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Andropadus latirostris; Cameroon; Cyanomitra olivacea; Deforestation; Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Malaria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMEROON; COCCIDIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA, AVIAN; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANDROPADUS LATIROSTRIS; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; NECTARINIIDAE; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PYCNONOTIDAE;

EID: 70349314789     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04346.x     Document Type: Article

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