Short-term fluctuations in cellular immunity of tree swallows feeding nestlings

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-190

  Lifjeld, Jan T ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^b   Whittingham, Linda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food abundance; Immunocompetence; Parental care; Phytohaemagglutinin; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARENTAL CARE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

AVES; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDINIDAE; INSECTA; PASSERIFORMES; TACHYCINETA;

EID: 0036942474     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100798     Document Type: Article

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