Variations of body mass and immune function in response to food unpredictability in magpies

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-276

  Cucco, Marco ^a   Ottonelli, Roberta ^a   Raviola, Mara ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body condition; Food predictability; Health state; Immunocompetence

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE;

AVES; CORVIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0036694111     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01154-2     Document Type: Article

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