Blood parasites mediate morph-specific maintenance costs in a colour polymorphic wild bird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1783-1792

  Karell, Patrik ^a,e   Ahola, K ^b   Karstinen, T ^c   Kolunen, H ^c   Siitari, H ^d   Brommer, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Tornihaukantie 8D 72   (Finland)

^c University of Jyväskylä ^*  (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Bovine gammaglobulin; Chloroquine phosphate; Ecoimmunology; Haematozoa; Host parasite interaction; Parasite treatment; Pheomelanin; Primaquine phosphate; Strix aluco

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PRIMAQUINE;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BODY MASS; COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; HEMOPARASITE; HERITABILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALARIA; MELANIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; OWL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHLOROQUINE; COLOR; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; PRIMAQUINE; STRIGIFORMES;

AVES; BOVINAE; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 79960269490     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02308.x     Document Type: Article

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