On the use of spleen mass as a measure of avian immune system strength

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-31

  Smith, Kevin G ^a   Hunt, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Evolutionary ecology; Host parasite interactions; Immunocompetence; Immunology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BIOMETRY; BIRD; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPLEEN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BIRDS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0842288772     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1409-y     Document Type: Review

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