Bird song and parasites

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-180

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bird song; Handicap; Immune response; Immunocompetence; Parasites; Repertoire size; Secondary sexual characters; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITISM; SONG;

AVES;

EID: 27644456668     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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