Health impact of blood parasite in breeding great tits

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 441-448

  Ots, Indrek ^a   Hõrak, Peeter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Inst of Zoology and Botany   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Gamma globulin; Haemoproteus; Immune response; Lymphocytes; Parus major

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PASSERINE;

ESTONIA;

HAEMOPROTEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0031740859     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050608     Document Type: Article

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