Host compatibility rather than vector-host-encounter rate determines the host range of avian Plasmodium parasites

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1760, 2013, Pages

  Medeiros, Matthew C I ^a   Hamer, Gabriel L ^b,c   Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Host compatibility; Host range; Host encounter rate; Mosquito feeding patterns; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ENCOUNTER RATE; HEMOPHAGY; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTIST; SUBURBAN AREA;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879034728     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2947     Document Type: Article

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