Ontogenetic immune challenges shape adult personality in mallard ducks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1727, 2012, Pages 326-333

  Butler, Michael W ^a   Toomey, Matthew B ^a   McGraw, Kevin J ^a   Rowe, Melissah ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activity; Anas platyrhynchos; Developmental plasticity; Exploratory behaviour; Immune function; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEONATE; ONTOGENY; PLUMAGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 82955173050     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0842     Document Type: Article

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