Elevated spring testosterone increases parasite intensity in male red grouse

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-125

  Mougeot, François ^a,b   Redpath, Stephen M ^a   Piertney, Stuart B ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coccidia; Immunocompetence; Parasite; Red grouse; Sexual selection; Testosterone; Trade off; Trichostrongylus tenuis

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARASITE INTENSITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF;

COCCIDIA; PHASIANIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 28544444021     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj005     Document Type: Article

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