Factors affecting Culicoides species composition and abundance in avian nests

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1033-1041

  Martnez De La Puente, J ^a   Merino, S ^a   Toms, G ^b   Moreno, J ^a   Morales, J ^c   Lobato, E ^a   Talavera, S ^d   Sarto I Monteys, V ^e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Direcci General d'Agricultura i Ramaderia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian nests; Blue tit; Culicoides spp.; Primaquine

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; CULICOIDES FESTIVIPENNIS; CULICOIDES KIBUNENSIS; CULICOIDES PICTIPENNIS; CULICOIDES SEGNIS; CULICOIDES TRUNCORUM; FEMALE; FOWL; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; CULICOIDES FESTIVIPENNIS; CULICOIDES KIBUNENSIS; CULICOIDES PICTIPENNIS; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIRD DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PERMETHRIN; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PRIMAQUINE;

EID: 70349570439     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006374     Document Type: Article

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