Sexual dimorphism in susceptibility to parasites and cell-mediated immunity in great tit nestlings

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 839-845

  Tschirren, Barbara ^a   Fitze, Patrick S ^a,b   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ceratophyllus gallinae; Immunocompetence; Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA); Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTLING; PARASITE; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0042196216     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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