Health and reproduction: The sex-specific clinical profile of great tits (Parus major) in relation to breeding

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2235-2244

  Horak P ^a   Jenni Eiermann, S ^b   Ots, I ^c   Tegelmann, L ^c  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346392091     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-76-12-2235     Document Type: Article

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