Immunological investments reflect parasite abundance in island populations of Darwin's finches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1547, 2004, Pages 1513-1519

  Lindström, Karin M ^a   Foufopoulos, Johannes ^b   Pärn, Henrik ^c   Wikelski, Martin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Geospiza fuliginosa; Host parasite coevolution; Immunocompetence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA; GEOSPIZA FULIGINOSA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242686291     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2752     Document Type: Article

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