Offspring body condition and immunocompetence are negatively affected by high breeding densities in a colonial seabird: A multiscale approach

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1475, 2001, Pages 1455-1461

  Tella, J L ^a   Forero, M G ^a   Bertellotti, M ^a   Donazar J A ^a   Blanco, G ^a   Ceballos, O ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; Breeding density; Coloniality; Immunocompetence; Magellanic penguin

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DENSITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COLONY FORMATION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0034919041     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1688     Document Type: Article

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