Interspecific variation in avian blood parasites and haematology associated with urbanization in a desert habitat

Agriculture & Biology

• hemoparasites 70%
• hematology 63%
• urbanization 62%
• interspecific variation 53%
• deserts 52%
• parasitoses 46%
• urban areas 42%
• body condition 40%
• urban population 35%
• rural population 35%
• birds 33%
• habitats 31%
• parasites 28%
• Toxostoma curvirostre 27%
• parasitism 24%
• Mimus 22%
• infection 21%
• canyons 18%
• heterophils 17%
• blood 16%
• songbirds 15%
• water resources 15%
• leukocyte count 14%
• rural areas 14%
• leukocytes 12%
• lymphocytes 11%
• predators 10%
• cells 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• interspecific variation 79%
• desert 45%
• urbanization 45%
• infection 34%
• habitat 33%
• body condition 24%
• bird 20%
• parasite 18%
• parasitism 16%
• rural population 14%
• urban area 13%
• urban population 13%
• adaptable species 11%
• blood 9%
• songbird 8%
• resource availability 7%
• canyon 5%
• relative abundance 5%
• rural area 5%
• predator 5%
• water resource 4%
• food 4%
• cell 3%
• city 3%