Behavioural trait covaries with immune responsiveness in a wild passerine

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1349-1354

  Sild, Elin ^a   Sepp, Tuul ^a   Hõrak, Peeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Captivity; Carduelis chloris; Chemiluminescence response; Coping styles; Immunoecology; Locomotory behaviour; Passerine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEATHER; FLYING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD ANIMAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEATHERS; FINCHES; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; MALE;

EID: 80052749928     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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