Costs of an immune challenge and terminal investment in a long-lived bird

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2440-2446

  Hanssen, Sveinn Are ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Common Eider; Immunity; Immunocompetence; Incubation; Life history; Somateria mollissima; Terminal investment

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE USE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; DUCK; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DUCKS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; WEIGHT LOSS;

AVES; OVIS ARIES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 33845366595     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2440:COAICA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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