Juvenile cell-mediated immune response is negatively correlated with subsequent adult ornament size in quail

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Uller, Tobias ^a,b   Andersson, Sofia ^a   Eklöf, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Ornamentation; Testis asymmetry; Testis size; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BIRD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JUVENILE; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

COTURNIX; COTURNIX CHINENSIS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33644952922     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-005-2006-9     Document Type: Article

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