Experimental feeding affects the relationship between hematocrit and body mass in Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) nestlings

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-206

  Cuervo, J J ^a   Soler, Juan J ^a   Avilés, Jesús M ^a,b   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^a   Navarro, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Experimental feeding; Hematocrit; Nestlings; Phenotypic condition

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE;

AVES; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 78650735493     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0569-x     Document Type: Article

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