Environmental and genetic variation in body condition and blood profile of great tit Parus major nestlings

Health state parameters in natural populations can be used as bioindicators of environmental health if they respond to environmental cues. We studied to which extent health state parameters (morphological, biochemical, and haematological) were determined by the environment in which nestling birds we...

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Main Authors: Claudia Norte, A, Sheldon, B, Sousa, J, Ramos, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009