Chronic malaria infections increase family inequalities and reduce parental fitness: Experimental evidence from a wild bird population

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 557-569

  Knowles, S C L ^a,b   Palinauskas, V ^c   Sheldon, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Medication; Parasite; Parental optimism; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; PROGUANIL;

BLOOD; COEVOLUTION; DRUG; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HATCHING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; PASSERINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; CLUTCH SIZE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIMALARIALS; ATOVAQUONE; CHLOROGUANIDE; CLUTCH SIZE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 77749341537     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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