Testosterone and innate immune function inversely covary in a wild population of breeding Dark-Eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 812-818

  Greives, T J ^a   McGlothlin, J W ^a   Jawor, J M ^a   Demas, G E ^a   Ketterson, E D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Breeding season; Complement; Hormone; IgG; Songbird

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; WILD POPULATION;

JUNCO HYEMALIS;

EID: 33748429168     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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