Nest weight and female health in the Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1013-1021

  Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a   Morales, Judith ^a   García Fraile, Sonia ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood parasites; Blue Tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; Immunoglobulin; Nest building; Nest size; Sexual selection; Thermoregulation; Trypanosoma avium

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOPARASITE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; THERMOREGULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA AVIUM;

EID: 33750459737     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[1013:NWAFHI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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