Blood parasites in Brazilian Atlantic Forest birds: Effects of fragment size and habitat dependency

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-439

  Sebaio, Fabiane ^a   Braga, Érika Martins ^a   Branquinho, Felipe ^a   Manica, Lilian Tonelli ^b   Marini, Miguel Ângelo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEMOPARASITE; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; PARANA;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 79952993966     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270910000110     Document Type: Article

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