Climate variability affects the impact of parasitic flies on Argentinean forest birds

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-134

  Antoniazzi, L R ^a,b   Manzoli, D E ^a   Rohrmann, D ^a   Saravia, M J ^a   Silvestri, L ^a   Beldomenico, P M ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b Asociacion para la Conservacion y el Estudio de la Naturaleza Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disease ecology; Host parasite interaction; Infection dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLEDGING; FLY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NESTLING; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITISM; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARGENTINA; SANTA FE [ARGENTINA];

AVES; DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; PHILORNIS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 78751548947     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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