Variation with Land Use of Immune Function and Prevalence of Avian Pox in Galapagos Finches

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-112

  Zylberberg, Maxine ^a,c   Lee, Kelly A ^a   Klasing, Kirk C ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Camarhynchus; Certhidea; Ecoimmunology; Geospiza; Innate immune function; Introduced pathogen; Passerine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EMERGENCE; HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTEIN; SONGBIRD; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINCH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; FINCHES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

AVES; AVIPOXVIRUS; CAMARHYNCHUS; CERTHIDEA; FOWLPOX VIRUS; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84872262882     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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