Haematological variables are good predictors of recruitment in nestling pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Lobato, Elisa ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a   Arriero, Elena ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health state; Leucocytes; Nestlings; Parasitism; Pied flycatchers; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 16244366805     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-1-27.1     Document Type: Article

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