Habitat Fragmentation and Ecological Traits Influence the Prevalence of Avian Blood Parasites in a Tropical Rainforest Landscape

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Laurance, Susan G W ^a   Jones, Dean ^b   Westcott, David ^a,b   Mckeown, Adam ^b   Harrington, Graham ^b   Hilbert, David W ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD PARASITE; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FORAGING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; LICHENOSTOMUS FRENATUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SERICORNIS KERI; SERICORNIS MAGNIROSTRA; TREGELLASIA CAPITO; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; PREVALENCE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84885062176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076227     Document Type: Article

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