Effects of sibling competition on growth, oxidative stress, and humoral immunity: A two-year brood-size manipulation

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-437

  Bourgeon, Sophie ^a   Guindre Parker, Sarah ^b   Williams, Tony D ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTIGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; BODY MASS; BROOD SIZE; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; SIBLING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEASONS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

STURNUS VULGARIS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 80051519540     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661080     Document Type: Article

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