Diet quality affects egg size and number but does not reduce maternal antibody transmission in Japanese quail Coturnix japonica

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1051-1058

  Grindstaff, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Demas, Gregory E ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ecology Building ^*  (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibody transmission; Immunity; Maternal effects; Protein; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BIRD; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; FOOD QUALITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATERNAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SURVIVAL;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746799376     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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