Humoral immune response in relation to senescence, sex and sexual ornamentation in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1127-1134

  Saino, N ^a,d   Ferrari, R P ^a   Romano, M ^a   Rubolini, D ^b   Moller A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Humoral immunity; Parasite mediated sexual selection; Secondary sexual characters; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ORNAMENTATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SENESCENCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242543050     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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