Stress, immunocompetence and leukocyte profiles of pied flycatchers in relation to brood size manipulation

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 148-154

  Ilmonen, Petteri ^a,c   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b   Langefors, Åsa ^b   Wiehn, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Ecology Building ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Immune defense; Offspring quality; Parental effort; Phytohemagglutinin

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; HORMONE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; STRESS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0038608676     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1243-2     Document Type: Article

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