Spatial and Temporal Variation in Heterophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratios of Nestling Passerine Birds: Comparison of Blue Tits and Great Tits

Jerzy Banbura; Joanna Skwarska; Miroslawa Banbura; Michal Gladalski; Magdalena Holysz; Adam Kalinski; Marcin Markowski; Jaroslaw Wawrzyniak; Piotr Zielinski

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074226

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Spatial and Temporal Variation in Heterophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratios of Nestling Passerine Birds: Comparison of Blue Tits and Great Tits

Jerzy Banbura ,

* E-mail: jbanb@biol.uni.lodz.pl

Affiliation Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Joanna Skwarska,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Miroslawa Banbura,

Affiliation Museum of Natural History, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Michal Gladalski,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Magdalena Holysz,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Adam Kalinski,

Affiliation Department of Teacher Training and Biological Diversity Studies, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Marcin Markowski,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Jaroslaw Wawrzyniak,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Piotr Zielinski

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Spatial and Temporal Variation in Heterophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratios of Nestling Passerine Birds: Comparison of Blue Tits and Great Tits

Jerzy Banbura,
Joanna Skwarska,
Miroslawa Banbura,
Michal Gladalski,
Magdalena Holysz,
Adam Kalinski,
Marcin Markowski,
Jaroslaw Wawrzyniak,
Piotr Zielinski

Published: September 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074226

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