Sex-, morph- and size-specific susceptibility to stress measured by haematological variables in captive common wall lizard Podarcis muralis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 354-363

  Galeotti, Paolo ^a   Pellitteri Rosa, Daniele ^a   Sacchi, Roberto ^a   Gentilli, Augusto ^a   Pupin, Fabio ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^b   Fasola, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood parameters; Body size; Captivity; Colour polymorphism; Leukocyte counts; Morphs; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PODARCIS MURALIS; SEX; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77957264375     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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