The effect of winter sex ratio on immune function and condition in a differential migrant

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 406-413

  O'Neal, Dawn M ^a   Kiley, Ryan P ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Birds; Innate immunity; Migratory behavior; Non breeding; Sexual segregation; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

HEMOCYANIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; WINTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINCHES; HEALTH STATUS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; SEASONS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 78650673868     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.034     Document Type: Article

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