Social status in relation to Sindbis virus infection clearance in greenfinches

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 236-241

  Lindström, Karin M ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carduelis chloris; Greenfinch; Sindbis virus; Social status; Virus clearance patterns

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PASSERINE; SOCIAL STATUS; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CHLORIS; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0842266164     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0703-3     Document Type: Article

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