Female great tits do not alter their yolk androgen deposition when infested with a low-transmittable ectoparasite

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-293

  Heylen, Dieter ^a   Müller, Wendt ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^b   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Host; Lyme disease; Maternal effect; Parasite; Parental investment; Parus major

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANDROGEN; ANTIBODY; AVIFAUNA; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECTOPARASITE; EGG; HORMONE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIVITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION; TICK; VIRULENCE;

AVES; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; PARUS MAJOR; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84855891438     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1276-1     Document Type: Article

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