Habitat-specific effects of a food supplementation experiment on immunocompetence in Eurasian Magpie Pica pica nestlings

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Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 763-773

  Neve, Liesbeth De ^a   Soler, Juan J ^b   Ruiz Rodríguez, Magdalena ^b   Martín Gálvez, David ^c   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^b   Soler, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECTOPARASITE; FITNESS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IRRIGATION; NESTLING; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PICA PICA;

EID: 35048844183     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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