Immunocompetence of nestling barn swallows in relation to brood size and parental effort

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 827-836

  Saino, Nicola ^a   Calza, Stefano ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Food quality; Parental care; Phytohaemagglutinin; T lymphocyte mediated immunity

Indexed keywords

BARN SWALLOW; BROOD SIZE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTLING; PARENTAL EFFORT;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0030783819     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5998     Document Type: Article

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