Molecular Detection of Hematozoa Infections in Tundra Swans Relative to Migration Patterns and Ecological Conditions at Breeding Grounds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Ramey, Andrew M ^a   Ely, Craig R ^a   Schmutz, Joel A ^a   Pearce, John M ^a   Heard, Darryl J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD PARASITE; BREEDING; BREEDING GROUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAEMOPROTEUS; HAPLOTYPE; LATITUDE; LEUCOCYTOZOON; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIGRATION DISTANCE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WIND SPEED;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BIRD DISEASES; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAEMOSPORIDA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 84866686696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045789     Document Type: Article

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