Radiotelemetry reveals variation in fever and sickness behaviours with latitude in a free-living passerine

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 813-823

  Adelman, James S ^a   Córdoba Córdoba, Sergio ^a   Spoelstra, Kamiel ^a,b   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b   Hau, Michaela ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fever; Immune; Latitude; Life history; Lipopolysaccharide; Radiotelemetry; Sickness behaviours; Sparrow

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; WILD POPULATION;

ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AVES; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650049262     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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