Immune function and survival of great tit nestlings in relation to growth conditions

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-322

  Hõrak, Peeter ^a   Tegelmann, Lea ^b   Ots, Indrek ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c CRNS URA 258   (France)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Nestling immunocompetence; Nestling survival; Parus major; Phytohaemagglutinin test

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0344183119     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050934     Document Type: Article

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