Potential evidence of parasite avoidance in an avian malarial vector

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 539-545

  Lalubin, Fabrice ^a   Bize, Pierre ^a   van Rooyen, Juan ^a   Christe, Philippe ^a   Glaizot, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Musee de Zoologie Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Culex pipiens; Dual choice olfactometer; Great tit; Host choice; Mosquito; Parus major; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PROTIST; RODENT; SONGBIRD; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; PARUS MAJOR; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865400249     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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