Do leucocyte profiles reflect temporal and sexual variation in body condition over the breeding cycle in Southern Rockhopper Penguins?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 759-768

  Dehnhard, Nina ^a   Poisbleau, Maud ^a,b   Demongin, Laurent ^a,b   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body condition; Breeding biology; G L ratios; Immunology; Southern Rockhopper Penguin; Stress

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FASTING; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEABIRD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79958767081     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0658-5     Document Type: Article

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