Sexual ornamentation, condition, and immune defence in the house sparrow Passer domesticus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 317-322

  Moller A P ^a   Kimball, R T ^b   Erritzoe J ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Taps Old Rectory ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bursa of Fabricius; Immunocompetence; Ornaments; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; FABRICIUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0030453485     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050295     Document Type: Article

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