Associations between immune parameters, parasitism, and stress in breeding pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) females

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1484-1492

  Morales, Judith ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Martínez, Javier ^a,b   Garamszegi, Laszlo Zsolt ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE CONTROL; IMMUNOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

IMMUNE CAPACITY; PARASITISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESSES; PHYTOHAEMAGGLUTININ (PHA);

ECOLOGY;

IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITISM; PASSERINE;

AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 11244252292     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-132     Document Type: Article

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