Haemosporidian infections affect antioxidant defences in great tits Parus major but are not related to exposure to aerial pollutants
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DANIELA DE ANGELI DUTRA, PATRÍCIA SILVEIRA, JAIME ALBINO RAMOS, JOSÉ PAULO SOUSA, ÉRIKA MARTINS BRAGA and ANA CLÁUDIA NORTE* Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627 Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil Department of Life Sciences, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Coimbra, Largo Marquês de Pombal, 3004-517, Coimbra, Portugal Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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