Climate, body condition and spleen size in birds

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 621-626

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Erritzøe, Johannes ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b Taps Old Rectory ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body mass; Delayed climatic effects; North Atlantic Oscillation; Parasite induced mortality

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; NATURAL SELECTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPLEEN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0344668691     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1378-1     Document Type: Article

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