The interspecific relationship between prevalence of blood parasites and sexual traits in birds when considering recent methodological advancements

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-119

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Host parasite co evolution; Immune defense; Method sensitivity; Phylogenetic generalized least square models (PGLS); Vector borne infectious disease; Weighted regression

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BLOOD; COEVOLUTION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISION;

AVES;

EID: 84855171348     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1259-2     Document Type: Article

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