Captive and free-living red knots Calidris canutus exhibit differences in non-induced immunity that suggest different immune strategies in different environments

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 560-566

  Buehler, Deborah M ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Irene Tieleman, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; BIRD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51649123434     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04408.x     Document Type: Article

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