Ectoparasites help to maintain variation in cell-mediated immunity in the blue tit-hen flea system

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-94

  Pitala, Natalia ^a,c   Siitari, Heli ^a   Gustafsson, Lars ^b   Brommer, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecological immunology (immunoecology); Ectoparasites; Evolutionary quantitative genetics; Reciprocal cross fostering; Restricted maximum likelihood linear mixed model

Indexed keywords

CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 70350153378     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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