Prevalence patterns of avian haemosporida on hispaniola

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Latta, Steven C ^b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b National Aviary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT TYPE; HEMOPARASITE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SPECIALIZATION;

BAHORUCO NATIONAL PARK; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HISPANIOLA;

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 77649315724     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04685.x     Document Type: Article

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