Correlated response to selection of testosterone levels and immunocompetence in lines selected for avian personality

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1055-1061

  van Oers, Kees ^a   Buchanan, Katherine L ^b,c   Thomas, Tanja E ^a   Drent, Pieter J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavioural syndrome; Great tit; Parus major; Phytohaemagglutinin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HORMONE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASMA; PLEIOTROPY; RODENT; SELECTION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; RODENTIA;

EID: 79953313786     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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