Establishment of exotic parasites: The origins and characteristics of an avian malaria community in an isolated island avifauna

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1112-1119

  Ewen, John G ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^b   Blackburn, Tim M ^a,c   Bonneaud, Camille ^d,e   Brown, Ruth ^a   Cassey, Phillip ^f   Clarke, Rohan H ^g   Pérez Tris, Javier ^h  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Introduced birds; Introduction success; Invasive parasites; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84931749012     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01833.x     Document Type: Article

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