Morph-specific immunity in male Podarcis muralis

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-412

  Sacchi, Roberto ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Gentilli, Augusto ^a   Pupin, Fabio ^a   Razzetti, Edoardo ^a   Scali, Stefano ^b   Galeotti, Paolo ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM;

PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547960766     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807781374700     Document Type: Article

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