Leucocytes in adult burrowing parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus in the wild: Variation between contrasting breeding seasons, gender, and individual condition

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-354

  Plischke, Andreas ^a   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a   Lubjuhn, Thomas ^b   Merino, Santiago ^c   Masello, Juan F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood cell counts; Body condition; Climatic conditions; El Ni o southern oscillation (ENSO); H L ratio; Psittaciformes; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; BURROWING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EL NINO; LA NINA; SEX DETERMINATION;

PATAGONIA;

AVES; CYANOLISEUS PATAGONUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 77951880410     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0461-8     Document Type: Article

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