Seasonal modulation of sickness behavior in free-living northwestern song sparrows (Melospiza melodia morphna)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3062-3070

  Owen Ashley, Noah T ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Bird; Corticosterone; Immune function; Life history; Lipopolysaccharide; Seasonality; Sickness behavior; Territorial aggression

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPARROW; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; SEASONS; SPARROWS; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA MORPHNA; PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749184309     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02371     Document Type: Article

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