Pre-hatching maternal effects inhibit nestling humoral immune response in the tawny owl Strix aluco

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-278

  Gasparini, Julien ^a,b   Piault, Romain ^a   Bize, Pierre ^a,c   Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; HATCHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; RAPTOR; SIBLING; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 65649095266     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04590.x     Document Type: Article

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