Diversity, abundance, and host relationships of avian malaria and related haemosporidians in New Mexico pine forests

Avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites (genera , , and ) affect bird demography, species range limits, and community structure, yet they remain unsurveyed in most bird communities and populations. We conducted a community-level survey of these vector-transmitted parasites in New Mexico,...

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Published in:	PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 5; p. e3700
Main Authors:	Marroquin-Flores, Rosario A, Williamson, Jessie L, Chavez, Andrea N, Bauernfeind, Selina M, Baumann, Matthew J, Gadek, Chauncey R, Johnson, Andrew B, McCullough, Jenna M, Witt, Christopher C, Barrow, Lisa N
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States PeerJ. Ltd 17-08-2017 PeerJ, Inc PeerJ Inc
Subjects:	Abundance Analysis Apicomplexa Biodiversity Bird communities Birds Climate change Community structure Coniferous forests Demography Diseases Environmental aspects Environmental protection Field study Haemoproteus Haplotypes Health aspects Host specificity Host-parasite relationships Infections Land use planning Leucocytozoon Malaria Microscopy Mitochondrial DNA Mosquitoes Parasites Parasitology Phylogenetics Pinus ponderosa Pinyon-juniper woodland Plasmodium Polymerase chain reaction Ponderosa pine forest Zoology New Mexico United States > US California Plasmodium Apicomplexa Haemosporida Host-parasite relationships Birds Wildlife disease Haemoproteus Pinyon-juniper woodland Ponderosa pine forest Leucocytozoon
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