Reproductive effort affects immune response and parasite infection in a lizard: A phenotypic manipulation using testosterone

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 313-318

  Veiga, José P ^a   Salvador, Alfredo ^a   Merino, Santiago ^b   Puerta, Marisa ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITE INFECTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; TRADE-OFF;

ACARI; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031843157     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546971     Document Type: Article

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