Animal immunocompetence and its effect on population regulation and life history trade-off

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1375-1379

  Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Wang, Dehua ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Life history; Population regulation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646382111     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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