Linking immune defenses and life history at the levels of the individual and the species

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1000-1015

  Lee, Kelly A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750949541     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icl049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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