Humoral immunocompetence correlates with date of egg-laying and reflects work load in female tree swallows

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-97

  Hasselquist, Dennis ^a,b   Wasson, Matthew F ^a   Winkler, David W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ELISA; Humoral immunocompetence; Life history; Phenotypic quality; Reproductive effort; Tachycineta bicolor; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FITNESS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LAYING DATE;

EID: 0035139416     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.beheco.a000384     Document Type: Article

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