The effect of population bottleneck size on parasitic load and immunocompetence of introduced birds in New Zealand

I investigated parasitic infection and immunocompetence in populations of introduced bird species in New Zealand (NZ) that had experienced a range of population bottlenecks (11-808 individuals), and compared these parameters to non-bottlenecked conspecifics in the United Kingdom (UK). My aims were...

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Main Author: Allen, Sophy Elizabeth
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1951