Ectoparasite load is linked to ontogeny and cell-mediated immunity in an avian host system with pronounced hatching asynchrony

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-473

  Václav, Radovan ^a,b   Calero Torralbo, Miguel A ^a   Valera, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Ectoparasites; Host choice; Immunocompetence; Ontogenetic effects; Phytohemagglutinin; Tasty chick hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECTOPARASITE; HATCHING; HOST SELECTION; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AVES; CARNUS; CORACIAS GARRULUS;

EID: 45249107049     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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