Breeding time and sex-specific health status in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2090-2099

  Pap, Péter László ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BLOOD; CELLS; HEALTH CARE;

REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE;

BIOLOGY;

BREEDING; HEALTH STATUS; PASSERINE;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036965799     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-200     Document Type: Article

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