Host and habitat specialization of avian malaria in Africa

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-441

  Loiseau, Claire ^a,b   Harrigan, Ryan J ^b   Robert, Alexandre ^c   Bowie, Rauri C K ^d,e   Thomassen, Henri A ^b   Smith, Thomas B ^b   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

avian malaria; generalist; habitat specificity; Plasmodium; specialist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BIRD; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAMEROON; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; MALARIA, AVIAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855453567     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05341.x     Document Type: Article

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