Relative importance of factors affecting nestling immune response differs between junior and senior nestlings within broods of hoopoes Upupa epops

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 467-476

  Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^a,b   Ruiz Rodríguez, Magdalena ^a   Méndez, María ^b   J Soler, Juan ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HATCHING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTLING; PARASITISM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; UPUPA EPOPS; UPUPIDAE;

EID: 33748369110     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03660.x     Document Type: Article

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