A partly coverable badge signalling avian virus resistance

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-76

  Andersson, Måns S ^a,b   Ödeen, Anders ^a   Håstad, Olle ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; HONEST SIGNALING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; VIRAL DISEASE;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 33645123704     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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