Song predicts immunocompetence in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1493, 2002, Pages 847-852

  Duffy, Deborah L ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Immunocompetence; Sexual selection; Song; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; TESTOSTERONE;

IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SONG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SINGING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 53149120689     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.1956     Document Type: Article

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