Carotenoids, sexual signals and immune function in barn swallows from Chernobyl

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1424, 1999, Pages 1111-1116

  Camplani, Alice ^a,b   Saino, Nicola ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Hirundo rustica; Immunoglobulins; Leucocytes; Radiation; Sexual signals; Spleen

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; HETEROPHILE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPLEEN SIZE; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0033532645     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0751     Document Type: Article

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