The influence of environmental conditions on immune responses, morphology and recapture probability of nestling house martins (Delichon urbica)

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 333-338

  Christe, Philippe ^a,b   De Lope, Florentino ^c   González, Guillermo ^c   Saino, Nicola ^d   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Hirundine; Immunoglobulins; Survival; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; DELICHON; DELICHON URBICA; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0035031604     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000527     Document Type: Article

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