Brood size manipulation modifies the intensity of infection by haematozoa in female blue tits Parus caeruleus

Ardea

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-267

  Fargallo, Juan A ^c   Merino, Santiago ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Host fitness; Immune system; Parasites; Parus caeruleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000886634     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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