Munocompetence, ornamentation, and viability of male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 549-552

  Saino, Cola ^a   Bolzern, Anna Maria ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Gamma globulins; Ornaments; Sexual selection; Sheep red blood cells; Survival

Indexed keywords

HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA; ANIMALIA; AVES;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SURVIVAL; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TAIL;

EID: 0031030319     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.2.549     Document Type: Article

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