Sex-specific deposition and survival effects of maternal antibodies: A case study with the gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 491-495

  Abad Gómez, José M ^a   Masero, José A ^a   Villegas, Auxiliadora ^a   Albano, Noelia ^a   Gutiérrez, Jorge S ^a   Sánchez Guzmán, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA;

EID: 84868687029     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05792.x     Document Type: Article

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