Relationship between avian growth rate and immune response depends on food availability

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2361-2367

  Brzȩk, Paweł ^a,b   Konarzewski, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass increments; Food availability; Immune response; Life history; Riparia riparia; Trade off

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS;

AVES; RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 34447526663     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.003517     Document Type: Article

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