Stress protein levels and blood parasite infection in blue tits (Parus caeruleus): A medication field experiment

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-56

  Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Martínez, Javier ^a,b   Moreno, Juan ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STRESS;

HAEMOPROTEUS MAJORIS; LEUCOCYTOZOON MAJORIS; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 14844285403     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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