Feeding innovations and parasitism in birds

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-455

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Erritzøe, Johannes ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Taps Old Rectory ^*  (Denmark)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bursa of Fabricius; Cognition; Malaria; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MALARIA; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETICS;

AVES;

EID: 33847202262     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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