Reproductive effort and T-lymphocyte cell-mediated immunocompetence in female pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1424, 1999, Pages 1105-1109

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a   Arriero, Elena ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass; Clutch size manipulation; Cost of reproduction; Immunocompetence; Parental effort; Pied flycatcher

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HATCHING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0033532724     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0750     Document Type: Article

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