Whether to reproduce or not: Immune suppression and costs of parasites during reproduction in the Arctic charr

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-278

  Skarstein, F ^a   Folstad, I ^a   Liljedal, S ^a  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0035103067     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-79-2-271     Document Type: Article

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