Condition, innate immunity and disease mortality of inbred crows

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1695, 2010, Pages 2875-2883

  Townsend, Andrea K ^a   Clark, Anne B ^b   McGowan, Kevin J ^a   Miller, Andrew D ^c   Buckles, Elizabeth L ^d  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

American crows; Body condition; Disease; Immunocompetence; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENETIC MARKER; HATCHING; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNITY; INBREEDING; MORTALITY; NESTLING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 77956893401     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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