Influence of hatching asynchrony and within-brood parental investment on size, condition, and immunocompetence in nestling red-billed choughs

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 675-684

  Banda, Eva ^a   Blanco, Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hatching asynchrony; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax; T cell mediated immune response

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HATCHING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NESTING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL;

PASSERIFORMES; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 48249146569     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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