Interactions between a brood parasite and its host in relation to parasitism and immune defence

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-210

  Soler, J J ^a   Moller A P ^b   Soler, M ^a   Martinez J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Clamator glandarius; Competition; Haematocrit; Leucocytozoon; Leukocytes; Pica pica; T cell response

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000370932     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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