Leucocyte counts variation and measures of male fitness in the lekking Black Grouse

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-102

  Lebigre, C ^a   Alatalo, R V ^b   Kilpimaa, J ^c   Staszewski, V ^d   Siitari, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition; Lek; Leukocyte counts; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BLOOD; HEALTH STATUS; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 84855320919     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0701-6     Document Type: Article

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