Environmental and genetic variation in T-cell-mediated immune response of fledgling American kestrels

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 453-459

  Tella, José L ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   Forero, Manuela G ^a   Dawson, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Body mass; Cross fostering experiment; Immunocompetence; Plasma proteins

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; RAPTOR;

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 0033934332     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000331     Document Type: Article

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