Characterization of haemosporidian infections in warblers and sparrows at south-western European reed beds;Charakterisierung von Haemosporida Infektionen in Grasmücken und Sperlingen in Röhrichtgebieten in SW-Europa

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 505-512

  Ventim, Rita ^a,b   Tenreiro, Paulo ^c   Grade, Nuno ^d   Encarnação, Paulo ^e   Araújo, Miguel ^a   Mendes, Luísa ^a   Pérez Tris, Javier ^b   Ramos, Jaime A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Instituto para a Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade   (Portugal)

^d Instituto para a Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade   (Portugal)

^e Estação Ornitológica Nacional do Monte Outeirão   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Haemoproteus; Haemosporidiosis; Plasmodium; Prevalence; Reed bed passerines; South western Europe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; JUVENILE; MALARIA; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PARASITIC DISEASE; PASSERINE; REEDBED;

AFRICA; PORTUGAL;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; CETTIA CETTI; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 84860438849     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0767-1     Document Type: Article

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