Social environment and immunity in male red jungle fowl

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-153

  Zuk, Marlene ^a   Johnsen, Torgeir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Gallus gallus; Immune response; Ornamentation; Red jungle fowl

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; IMMUNITY; ORNAMENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034052868     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.2.146     Document Type: Article

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