Seasonal decline in leukocyte concentrations and reproductive output in female great tits (Parus major)

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 829-834

  Dubiec, Anna ^a,b   Witek, Magdalena ^a   Cichón, Mariusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Condition; Differential leukocyte counts; Great Tit; Parus major; Survival; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 23044484987     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0829:SDILCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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