The ability to mount multiple immune responses simultaneously varies across the range of the tree swallow

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  Ardia, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HOME RANGE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; OVIS ARIES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 33847220782     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2007.04939.x     Document Type: Article

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