The blood parasite Haemoproteus reduces survival in a wild bird: A medication experiment

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 663-665

  Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a,b   Moreno, Juan ^a   Morales, Judith ^a,c   Lobato, Elisa ^a,d   García Fraile, Sonia ^a   Belda, Eduardo Jorge ^e  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UPV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Host parasite interactions; Parasitism costs; Sexual differences

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DISEASE TREATMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON;

EID: 77958465122     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0046     Document Type: Article

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