Health of Antarctic birds: A review of their parasites, pathogens and diseases

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1095-1115

  Barbosa, Andrés ^a,b   Palacios, María José ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic birds; Bacteria; Disease; Health; Parasite; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SEABIRD; VIRUS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349863003     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0640-3     Document Type: Review

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