Rearing environment effects on immune defence in blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus nestlings

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 697-704

  Arriero, Elena ^a,b  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Circulating immunoglobulins; Ectoparasites; Forest structure; Immune function; Phytohaemagglutinin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEST BOX; ONTOGENY; PASSERINE; REARING; STAND STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; OAK; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SONGBIRD; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PASSERIFORMES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; QUERCUS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX RATIO; SPAIN;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 62149097230     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1253-1     Document Type: Article

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