Seasonal differences in immune profiles and body conditions of migratory and permanent resident neotropical flycatchers

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 579-590

  Machado Filho, Ruy A N ^a   Balsamão, Glaucia M ^b   Marini, Miguel  ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Instituto e Laboratório Sabin de Análises Clínicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body condition; Elaenia chiriquensis; Elaenia cristata; Immune system; Leukocyte

Indexed keywords

ELAENIA; ELAENIA CHIRIQUENSIS; ELAENIA CRISTATA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77956899119     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090146     Document Type: Article

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