Corticosterone, inflammation, immune status and telomere length in frigatebird nestlings facing a severe herpesvirus infection

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sebastiano, Manrico ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Angelier, Frederic ^b   Pineau, Kévin ^c   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Costantini, David ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c Groupe d'Etude et de Protection des Oiseaux en Guyane (GEPOG)   (France)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Herpesvirus; Immunocompetance; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017283934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cow073     Document Type: Article

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