Rank in a food competition test and humoral immune functions in male Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 490-495

  Li, Feng Hua ^a,c   Zhong, Wen Qin ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^b   Wang, De Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brandt's vole; Food competition; Immune function; Social status; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SPLEEN SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOLE;

EID: 33846691221     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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