Haemosporidian parasitism in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla in relation to spring arrival and body condition

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 521-530

  Santiago Alarcon, Diego ^a,b   Mettler, Raeann ^a   Segelbacher, Gernot ^a   Schaefer, H Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SITE; DATA SET; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITIC DISEASE; PASSERINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON);

GERMANY;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 84888127597     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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