Seasonal decline in cell-mediated immunity of collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis nestlings: Does the sex of offspring matter?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-205

  Wilk, Tomasz ^a   Dubiec, Anna ^a,b   Cichoń, Mariusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ficedula albicollis; Immune response; Phytohaemagglutinin; Seasonal decline; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; HATCHING DATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; SEX RATIO;

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 34047158306     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0121-1     Document Type: Article

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