Intra- and interspecific relationships between nest size and immunity

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 781-791

  Soler, Juan José ^a   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^b   Haussy, Claudy ^c   Møller, Anders Pape ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Innate humoral immunity; Nest building; PHA response; Postmating sexual selection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PROTEIN; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 34547674864     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm045     Document Type: Article

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