Parasites affect song complexity and neural development in a songbird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1576, 2005, Pages 2037-2043

  Spencer, Karen A ^a   Buchanan, Katherine L ^b   Leitner, Stefan ^c,d   Goldsmith, Arthur R ^a   Catchpole, Clive K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian parasites; Behaviour; Brain; Developmental stress; Sexual selection; Signal evolution

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; PARASITE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; STRESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CANARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; MALARIA; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SINGING; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSERI; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 26244464101     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3188     Document Type: Article

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