Immune challenge mediates vocal communication in a passerine bird: An experiment

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 148-157

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a,b,c   Møller, Anders Pape ^b   Török, János ^c   Michl, Gábor ^c   Péczely, Péter ^d   Richard, Murielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bird song; Collared flycatcher; Immunocompetence; Parasites; Secondary sexual characters; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNICATION; MATING SUCCESS; PARASITISM; SONG;

AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; GALLIFORMES; OVIS ARIES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 1542545610     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg108     Document Type: Article

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