Patterns of haemosporidian prevalence along a range expansion in introduced Kenyan house sparrows Passer domesticus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-42

  Coon, Courtney A C ^a   Martin, Lynn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROCLIMATE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PASSERINE; PROTOZOAN; RANGE EXPANSION;

KENYA;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 84892528312     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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