Age and environment affect constitutive immune function in Red Knots (Calidris canutus)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 815-825

  Buehler, Deborah M ^a   Irene Tieleman, B ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Environment; Habitat quality; Immune function; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ANTIBODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT QUALITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WADER;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BANC D'ARGUIN NATIONAL PARK; MAURITANIA; NORTH SEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WADDEN SEA; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 70349754463     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0402-6     Document Type: Article

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