Variations in leucocyte profiles and plasma biochemistry are related to different aspects of parental investment in male and female Upland geese Chloephaga picta leucoptera

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-277

  Gladbach, Anja ^a   Gladbach, David Joachim ^b   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chloephaga picta leucoptera; H L; Leucocyte profile; Parental investment; Plasma protein; Triglycerides; Upland goose

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLOEPHAGA PICTA LEUCOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOOSE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AVES; CHLOEPHAGA PICTA; LEUCOPTERA;

EID: 77950061497     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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