Ornamental comb colour predicts T-cell-mediated immunity in male red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Mougeot, Francois ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Cellural immunity; Phytohaemagglutinin; Sexual selection; Tetraonid bird

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TESTOSTERONE;

COLOR; GAMEBIRD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; ORNAMENTATION; PIGMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLOR; COMB; COPING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; NONHUMAN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RED GROUSE; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; COMB AND WATTLES; GALLIFORMES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LIGHTING; MALE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

AVES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 38049054875     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0303-6     Document Type: Article

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