Indirect Costs of Parasitism are Shaped by Variation in the Type of Immune Challenge and Food Availability

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Bize, Pierre ^a   Piault, Romain ^a   Gasparini, Julien ^a,b   Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Condition dependent; Food availability; Immunocompetence; Immunopathology; Tawny owl

Indexed keywords

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 78649922987     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-010-9092-5     Document Type: Article

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