Effect of habitat use and diet on the gastrointestinal parasite community of an avian omnivore from an urbanized environment

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 629-636

  Aponte, V ^a   Gentes, M L ^a   Verreault, Jonathan ^a   Locke, S A ^b,c   Giroux, J F ^a   Marcogliese, D J ^b   McLaughlin, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoparasite; Foraging ecology; Geolocation; Helminth; Laridae; Larus delawarensis; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COEXISTENCE; COLONY; DIET; ENDOPARASITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT USE; OMNIVORY; PARASITE; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84903273777     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2013-0268     Document Type: Article

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