Reciprocal specialization in multihost malaria parasite communities of birds: A temperate-tropical comparison

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 624-635

  Svensson Coelho, Maria ^a,b   Ellis, Vincenzo A ^a   Loiselle, Bette A ^a,c   Loiselle, John G ^a,c   Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic interactions; Coevolution; Community ecology; Haemosporida; Latitudinal gradient

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BIRD; COEVOLUTION; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MALARIA; RECIPROCITY; SPECIALIZATION;

AVES; HAEMOSPORIDA;

ANIMAL; BIRD; ECUADOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA, AVIAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECUADOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA, AVIAN; MISSOURI; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84908007412     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678126     Document Type: Article

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