Publications

avian blood parasites in an endangered columbid: leucocytozoon marchouxi in the mauritian pink pigeon columba mayeri.	there is increasing evidence that pathogens can play a significant role in species decline. this study of a complete free-living species reveals a cost of blood parasitism to an endangered host, the pink pigeon columba mayeri, endemic to mauritius. we investigated the prevalence and effect of infection of the blood parasite, leucocytozoon marchouxi, in the free-living pink pigeon population. overall, l. marchouxi infection prevalence detected was 18.3%. juveniles were more likely to be infected ...	2007	17201998
pathogenicity of leucocytozoon marchouxi in the pink pigeon (columba mayeri) in mauritius.		1997	9050179