Experimentally activated immune defence in female pied flycatchers results in reduced breeding success

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1444, 2000, Pages 665-670

  Ilmonen, Petteri ^a   Taarna, Terho ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost of immune defence; Ecological immunology; Ficedula hypoleuca; Host parasite interactions; Life history trade offs; Parental effort

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE;

AVIFAUNA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0034616129     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1053     Document Type: Article

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