New host and lineage diversity of avian haemosporidia in the northern andes

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 799-811

  Harrigan, Ryan J ^a   Sedano, Raul ^b   Chasar, Anthony C ^a   Chaves, Jaime A ^c,d   Nguyen, Jennifer T ^a   Whitaker, Alexis ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Avian malaria; Haemoproteus; Haemosporidia; Hummingbirds; Leucocytozoon; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906708801     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12176     Document Type: Article

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