Ecological and physiological variance in T-cell mediated immune response in Cory's Shearwaters

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 865-876

  Forero, Manuela G ^a   González Solis, Jacob ^b   Igual, José M ^c   Hobson, Keith A ^d,e   Ruíz, Xavier ^b   Viscor, Ginés ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition; Breeding density; Calonectris diomedea; Immunocompetence; Physiological parameters

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 33845233562     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[865:EAPVIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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