Age, parasites, and condition affect humoral immune response in tropical pythons

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-24

  Ujvari, Beata ^a   Madsen, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Condition; Humoral immune response; Parasites; Python

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY CONDITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITE; SNAKE;

LIASIS FUSCUS; PYTHON (SNAKE); PYTHONIDAE;

EID: 28544441767     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari091     Document Type: Article

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