Chronic coccidian infestation compromises flight feather quality in house sparrows Passer domesticus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 414-428

  Pap, Péter L ^a   Vagasi, Csongor I ^a,b   Bǎrbos, Lorinc ^a   Marton, Attila ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bending stiffness; Feather structure; Infection; Moult; Uropygial gland size

Indexed keywords

FEATHER; FITNESS; FLIGHT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLT; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PASSERINE; PROTIST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; COCCIDIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84872547562     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02029.x     Document Type: Article

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