Seasonal variation in the relationship between cellular immune response and badge size in male house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Gonzalez, Guillermo ^a   Sorci, Gabriele ^b   De Lope, Florentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Dominance; Hormones; Sexual selection; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE RESPONSE; PASSERINE; SEASONALITY; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0032802248     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050600     Document Type: Article

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