Dutch House Martins Delichon urbicum gain blood parasite infections over their lifetime, but do not seem to suffer

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 907-912

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   van der Velde, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Geographic differences; Haemoproteus; Haemosporidians; Plasmodium; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

DELICHON; DELICHON URBICA; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE;

AFROTROPIC ECOZONE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; FLEDGING; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOUSE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSERINE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

NETHERLANDS; SPAIN;

EID: 85099420827     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0826-2     Document Type: Article

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