Survival costs of reproduction in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus): A role for blood parasites?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1555, 2004, Pages 2387-2394

  Stjernman, Martin ^a   Råberg, Lars ^a,b   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Haemoproteus; Parasite intensity; Parus caeruleus; Reproductive effort; Survival

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SURVIVAL; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COST OF REPRODUCTION; HAEMOPROTEUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; COCCIDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

HAEMOPROTEUS; PARUS CAERULEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITEMIA; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 16644377499     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2883     Document Type: Article

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