Ontogeny of constitutive immunity: Maternal vs. endogenous influences

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 472-478

  Arriero, Elena ^a,b   Majewska, Ania ^a   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Development; Ecological immunology; Maternal effects; Natural antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; NESTLING; ONTOGENY; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION; WILD POPULATION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84875616354     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12057     Document Type: Article

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