High prevalence of haemosporidians in Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus in Spain

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-32

  Fernández, Mónica ^a   Rojo, M Ángeles ^a   Casanueva, Patricia ^a   Carrión, Silvia ^a   Hernández, M Ángeles ^b   Campos, Francisco ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus; Avian malaria; Haemosporidians; Spain

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; HEMOPARASITE; MALARIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSERINE;

SPAIN;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; APICOMPLEXA; AVES; DIPTERA; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 77952955986     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0417-z     Document Type: Article

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