Attacks on the endangered Attwater's Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) by black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) infected with an avian blood parasite

With fewer than 50 birds remaining in the wild, Attwater's Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) is critically endangered. Individuals of this species on the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado Co., TX, have been attacked in successive winters, 2005–2006, by the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of vector ecology 2007-12, Vol.32 (2), p.309-312
Hauptverfasser:	Adler, Peter H, Roach, Donna, Reeves, Will K, Flanagan, Joseph P, Morrow, Michael E, Toepfer, John E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Attwater's Prairie-Chicken black flies Chickens - parasitology Cnephia ornithophilia Cytochromes b - genetics DNA, Protozoan - genetics endangered species Female Haemosporida - physiology Insect Vectors - parasitology Insect Vectors - physiology Leucocytozoon Male Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequence Analysis, DNA Simuliidae - parasitology Simuliidae - physiology Texas
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