The effect of host foraging ecology on the prevalence and intensity of coccidian infection in wild passerine birds

Ardea

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Dolnik, Olga V ^a,c   Dolnik, Victor R ^b   Bairlein, Franz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian diseases; Coccidia; Foraging ecology; Host parasite relationships; Isospora spp.; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; PASSERINE; PROTOZOAN; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; COCCIDIA; ISOSPORA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77951819807     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.098.0112     Document Type: Article

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