Immune response of male barn swallows in relation to parental effort, corticosterone plasma levels, and sexual ornamentation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-174

  Saino, Nicola ^a,b   Incaglia, Michele ^a,c   Martinelli, Roberta ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Barn swallows; Corticosterone; Hirundo rustica; Immunity; Parental effort; Secondary sexual characters; Stress

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0036214774     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.2.169     Document Type: Article

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