Energetic and developmental costs of mounting an immune response in greenfinches (Carduelis chloris)

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-287

  Amat, Juan A ^a   Aguilera, Eduardo ^a   Visser, G Henk ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carduelis chloris; Energetic costs; Fluctuating asymmetry; Immune response; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIZE EFFECT; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847343970     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0022-z     Document Type: Article

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