Structure and organization of an avian haemosporidian assemblage in a Neotropical savanna in Brazil

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-192

  Fecchio, Alan ^a   Lima, Marcos Robalinho ^a   Svensson Coelho, Maria ^b   Marini, Miguel Ângelo ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

avian malaria; blood parasite; Cerrado; Haemoproteus; parasite diversity; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVIAN HAEMOSPORIDA; BIOME; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; BREEDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CYTOCHROMES B; ECOLOGY; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84873375921     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012001412     Document Type: Article

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