Handling 'immunocompetence' in ecological studies: Do we operate with confused terms?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 490-493

  Vinkler, Michal ^a,b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTIVITY; ORNITHOLOGY; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PARASITOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK;

AVES;

EID: 84855320836     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05499.x     Document Type: Article

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