Breeding time, health and immune response in the chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 312-319

  Moreno, J ^a   De Leon A ^a   Fargallo, J A ^a   Moreno, E ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Breeding failure; Serological variables; T cell mediated immunity; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING BIRD; BREEDING TIME; IMMUNE RESPONSE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642702573     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050522     Document Type: Article

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