Inbreeding, immune defence and ectoparasite load in different mockingbird populations and species in the Galápagos Islands

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-434

  Hoeck, Paquita E A ^a   Keller, Lukas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECTOPARASITE; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC MARKER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INBREEDING; ISLAND; ISOLATED POPULATION; LOUSE; PASSERINE; WILD POPULATION;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

AVES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 84865792379     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05725.x     Document Type: Article

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