In kittiwakes food availability partially explains the seasonal decline in humoral immunocompetence

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 457-463

  Gasparini, J ^a   Roulin, A ^a   Gill, V A ^b,d   Hatch, S A ^b   Boulinier, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food availability; Hatching date; Immune system; Rissa tridactyla; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AVES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 33745059311     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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