Immunocompetence of nestling great tits in relation to rearing environment and parentage

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1435, 1999, Pages 2315-2322

  Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a   Heeb, Philipp ^a   Kölliker, Mathias ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Ceratophyllus gallinae; Cross fostering; Great tits; Nestling body mass; Parus major

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTLING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENT; FLEA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SKIN ALLERGY; VARIANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; PARUS MAJOR; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033596110     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0925     Document Type: Article

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