Immunity and mate choice: a new outlook

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 539-545

  Drury, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioural plasticity; birds; immunity; immunocompetence; major histocompatibility complex; mate choice

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BIRD; FITNESS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF;

AVES;

EID: 76449122164     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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