Do standard measures of immunocompetence reflect parasite resistance? The case of Greenfinch coccidiosis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-82

  Saks, L ^a   Karu, U ^a   Ots, I ^a   Horak P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Carduelis chloris; Isospora lacazei; Phytohaemagglutinin; Plasma triglycerides; SRBC

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; ISOSPORA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645214774     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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