Variation in postsampling treatment of avian blood affects ecophysiological interpretations

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-167

  Hoye, Bethany J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibody; Blood sampling; Discrimination factor; Immunocompetence; Plasma; Processing; Serum; Stability; Stable isotopes; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867433314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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