Are chronic avian haemosporidian infections costly in wild birds?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 530-537

  Asghar, Muhammad ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BLOOD; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SONGBIRD; WILD POPULATION;

SWEDEN;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM RELICTUM;

EID: 84855299013     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05281.x     Document Type: Article

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