Avian malaria, life-history trade-offs and interspecific competition in Ficedula flycatchers

This thesis investigates the impact of avian malaria (Haemosporidia) parasites on the outcome of interspecific competition between two closely related bird species, pied (Ficedula hypoleuca) and collared (F. albicollis) flycatchers. I further investigated how variation in timing of breeding, life hi...

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Main Author: Kulma, Katarzyna
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Zooekologi 2013
Subjects:
MHC
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-204349
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