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Baseline Immune Activity Is Associated with Date Rather than with Moult Stage in the Arctic-Breeding Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)

Variation in immune defence in birds is often explained either by external factors such as food availability and disease pressure or by internal factors such as moult and reproductive effort. We explored these factors together in one sampling design by measuring immune activity over the time frame o...

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Autores principales: Sandström, Cecilia A. M., Prop, Jouke, van der Jeugd, Henk, Loonen, Maarten J. J. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25517982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114812