Effects of early developmental conditions on innate immunity are only evident under favourable adult conditions in zebra finches

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1049-1056

  De Coster, Greet ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^b   Koetsier, Egbert ^b   De Neve, Liesbeth ^a   Briga, Michael ^b   Lens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Complement; Developmental stress; Foraging costs manipulation; Immunocompetence; Natural antibodies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY; BROOD SIZE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMPLEMENTARITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; IMMUNITY; INNATE BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FINCH; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 83555162567     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0863-3     Document Type: Article

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