He's healthy, but will he survive the plague? Possible constraints on mate choice for disease resistance

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-78

  Adamo, Shelley A ^a   Spiteri, Raymond J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ecological immunology; female choice; immune; immunocompetence; mate choice; parasite; pathogen; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 57449085329     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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