Female choice and male humoral immune response in the lekking great snipe (Gallinago media)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 346-351

  Ekblom, Robert ^a   Sæther, Stein Are ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b   Hannersjö, David ^a,c   Fiske, Peder ^d   Kålås, John Atle ^d   Höglund, Jacob ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bird; ELISA; Humoral immunocompetence; Lek; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEK; MATE CHOICE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLINAGO MEDIA;

EID: 14644397993     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh168     Document Type: Article

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