Predation against birds with low immunocompetence

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 500-504

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Erritzøe, Johannes ^b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b Taps Old Rectory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body condition; Parasite host interactions; Predator prey interactions; Prey selection; Spleen

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONDITION FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION;

EID: 0034069994     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050972     Document Type: Article

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