Parasites and tradeoffs in the immune response of female red jungle fowl

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 487-492

  Johnsen, Torgeir S ^a   Zuk, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITISM; TRADE-OFF;

ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; GALLI; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032883462     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546653     Document Type: Article

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