Hematological health state indices predict local survival in a small passerine bird, the great tit (Parus major)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 565-572

  Kilgas, Priit ^a   Tilgar, Vallo ^a   Mänd, Raivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBULIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIRD; BREEDING; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGY; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GLOBULINS; HEMATOCRIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33744963200     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502817     Document Type: Article

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