Variation in innate immunity in relation to ectoparasite load, age and season: A field experiment in great tits (Parus major)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3012-3018

  De Coster, Greet ^a   De Neve, Liesbeth ^b   Martín Gálvez, David ^c   Therry, Lieven ^a   Lens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Hole nesting; Immune function; Natural antibodies; Parasites

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FLEA; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NESTING; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARASITES; PASSERIFORMES; SEASONS; SIPHONAPTERA;

AVES; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; PARUS MAJOR; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77956253540     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042721     Document Type: Article

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