Avian malaria in a remnant population of red-fronted parakeets on Little Barrier Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-268

  Ortiz Catedrala, L ^a   Pradab, D ^b   Gleesonb, D ^b   Bruntona, D H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Health; New Zealand; Parakeet; Pathogen; Prevalence; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEMATOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUCKLAND; LITTLE BARRIER ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

AVES; CYANORAMPHUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 80053273648     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2011.584540     Document Type: Article

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