Parasite virulence and host immune defense: Host immune response is related to nest reuse in birds

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2066-2072

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Erritzøe, Johannes ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Taps Old Rectory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birds; bursa of Fabricius; host parasite coevolution; immune defense; mode of transmission; spleen; virulence

Indexed keywords

AVES; FABRICIUS; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0029826990     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03592.x     Document Type: Article

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