Physiological ecology of mediterranean blue tits (Parus caeruleus L.): Effects of ectoparasites (Protocalliphora spp.) and food abundance on metabolic capacity of nestlings

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 492-501

  Simon, Aurélie ^a,b   Thomas, Don ^a   Blondel, Jacques ^b   Perret, Philippe ^b   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; NESTLING; PARASITISM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLY; FRANCE; HEMATOCRIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRD DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRANCE; HEMATOCRIT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SONGBIRDS; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PASSERI; PROTOCALLIPHORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4143081440     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383512     Document Type: Article

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