Hatching asynchrony and brood reduction influence immune response in Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus nestlings

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 601-610

  Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^a,b   Viñuela, Javier ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood reduction; Cellular immunity; Hatching asynchrony; Nestling sex

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BROOD SIZE; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTLING; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

SPAIN;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 79958855405     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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