Within-brood size differences affect innate and acquired immunity in roller Coracias garrulus nestlings
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D. Parejo (correspondence) and J. M. Avilés, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Almerı́a, C.S.I.C. Spain. E-mail: [email protected]. N. Silva, Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), UMR CNRS-UPS 5174, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, France. Present address of JMA: Department of Animal Biology, University of Granada, E-18071, Granada, Spain.
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