Are incubation costs in female pied flycatchers expressed in humoral immune responsiveness or breeding success?

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-204

  Ilmonen, Petteri ^a   Taarna, Terho ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Cost of reproduction; Ficedula hypoleuca; Immunocompetence; Life history trade offs

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0036940836     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100804     Document Type: Article

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