Habitat Fragmentation and Ecological Traits Influence the Prevalence of Avian Blood Parasites in a Tropical Rainforest Landscape

Susan G. W. Laurance; Dean Jones; David Westcott; Adam Mckeown; Graham Harrington; David W. Hilbert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076227

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Habitat Fragmentation and Ecological Traits Influence the Prevalence of Avian Blood Parasites in a Tropical Rainforest Landscape

Susan G. W. Laurance ,

* E-mail: susan.laurance@jcu.edu.au

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Studies (TESS), James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Dean Jones,

Affiliation Division of Ecosystem Sciences, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Queensland, Australia
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David Westcott,

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Studies (TESS), James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Queensland, Australia
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Adam Mckeown,

Affiliation Division of Ecosystem Sciences, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Queensland, Australia
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Graham Harrington,

Affiliation Division of Ecosystem Sciences, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Queensland, Australia
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David W. Hilbert

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Studies (TESS), James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Queensland, Australia
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Habitat Fragmentation and Ecological Traits Influence the Prevalence of Avian Blood Parasites in a Tropical Rainforest Landscape

Susan G. W. Laurance,
Dean Jones,
David Westcott,
Adam Mckeown,
Graham Harrington,
David W. Hilbert

Published: October 4, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076227

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