Inter-sexual differences in T-cell-mediated immunity of black-headed gull chicks (Larus ridibundus) depend on the hatching order

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-86

  Müller, Wendt ^a,b   Dijkstra, Cor ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hatching asynchrony; Immunocompetence; Maternal effects; PHA; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

HATCHING DATE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 0242406699     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0681-5     Document Type: Article

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