Immunocompetence and nestling survival in the house martin: The tasty chick hypothesis

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 175-179

  Christe, Philippe ^a,b   Møller, Anders Pape ^a   De Lope, Florentino ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ECTOPARASITE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NESTLING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DELICHON; DELICHON URBICA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031756347     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546559     Document Type: Article

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