Testosterone treatment to free-ranging male dark-eyed juncos (JUNCO HYEMALIS) exacerbates hemoparasitic infection

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 548-562

  Deviche, Pierre ^a,b   Parris, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Blood parasites; Dark eyed junco; Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis; Immunosuppression; Junco hyemalis; Leucocytozoon fringillinarum; Passerine; Trypanosoma avium

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; HEMOPARASITE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; JUNCO HYEMALIS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PASSERIFORMES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA AVIUM;

EID: 33646546020     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[548:TTTFMD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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