Cell-mediated immunity predicts the probability of local recruitment in nestling blue tits

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 962-966

  Cichon M ^a   Dubiec, A ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Fledging success; Immune response; Local recruitment; Selection

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NESTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROWDING; EVOLUTION; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LINEAR MODELS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SWEDEN;

EID: 22144489893     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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