Post-fledging recruitment in relation to nestling plasma testosterone and immunocompetence in the spotless starling

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 500-508

  López Rull, Isabel ^a,d   Celis, Patricia ^b   Salaberria, Concepción ^a   Puerta, Marisa ^c   Gil, Diego ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cellular mediated immune response; Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis; Plasma testosterone; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BODY CONDITION; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PLASMA; SIBLING; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE;

STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 79955489391     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01783.x     Document Type: Article

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