Cell-mediated immune response affects food intake but not body mass: An experiment with wintering great tits

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-309

  Barbosa, Andres ^a   Moreno, Eulalia ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological immunology; Food intake; Great tit; Immunocompetence; Parus major; Phytohemagglutinin test; Winter

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PASSERINE;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 6044244742     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682837     Document Type: Article

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