Differential deposition of antimicrobial proteins in blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) clutches by laying order and male attractiveness

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1037-1045

  D'Alba, Liliana ^a   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a   Korsten, Peter ^b,d   Vedder, Oscar ^b   Kingma, Sjouke A ^b,e   Komdeur, Jan ^b   Beissinger, Steven R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial proteins; Differential allocation; Egg infection; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCUBATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MATERNAL EFFECT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 77952670576     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0919-y     Document Type: Article

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