Distribution, prevalence and host specificity of avian malaria parasites across the breeding range of the migratory lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

Genetica

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-249

  Swanson, Bethany L ^a   Lyons, Amanda C ^a   Bouzat, Juan L ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Genetic structure; Haemoproteus; Plasmodium; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHONDESTES; CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; MALARIA, AVIAN; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SPARROWS;

EID: 84902547504     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-014-9770-9     Document Type: Article

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