Carotenoid plasma concentration, immune profile, and plumage ornamentation of male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-448

  Saino, Nicola ^a   Stradi, Riccardo ^a   Ninni, Paola ^b   Pini, Elena ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Immunity; Immunoglobulins; Leukocytes; Sexual selection; Signaling

Indexed keywords

HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0032706885     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303246     Document Type: Article

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