Measured immunocompetence relates to the proportion of dead parasites in a wild roach population

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-195

  Vainikka, Anssi ^a,b   Taskinen, Jouni ^b   Löytynoja, Katja ^b   Jokinen, E Ilmari ^b   Kortet, Raine ^b,c  

^a Institute of Coastal Research   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Immune defence; Innate immunity; Parasite resistance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FLATWORM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VIRAL DISEASE; WILD POPULATION;

RHIPIDOCOTYLE CAMPANULA; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 58349118226     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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