Host immune defence and migration in birds

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 945-953

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Erritzøe, Johannes ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bursa of Fabricius; Co evolution; Condition dependence; Host range; Immunocompetence; Spleen

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

EID: 0032415144     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006516222343     Document Type: Article

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