The effects of testosterone on antibody production and plumage coloration in male house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 156-163

  Evans, Matthew R ^a   Goldsmith, Arthur R ^b   Norris, Sasha R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; House sparrows; Immunity; Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis; Status signalling; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COLOR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; TESTOSTERONE;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0034049438     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050006     Document Type: Article

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