Patterns of variation in leucocyte counts of female tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor: Repeatability over time and relationships with condition and costs of reproduction

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-331

  Ochs, Courtney L ^a   Dawson, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Heterophil to lymphocyte ratio; Leucocyte differentials; Repeatability; Stress; Tree swallows

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CLIMATE; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLING; STRESS; SWALLOW (BIRD);

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 44749084343     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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