Haematological variables are good predictors of recruitment in nestling pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca)

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The use of leukocyte profiles to measure stress in vertebrates: a review for ecologists (2008, background): “High H : L ratios have been associated in birds with susceptibility to infection (Al- Murrani et al. 2002), slow growth rates (Moreno et al. 2002) and survival to the next breeding season (Lobato et al. 2005; Kilgas, Tilgar & Mand 2006).”
Physiological condition and immune function in great tits (Parus major L.): sources of variation and trade-offs in relation to growth (2006, background): “As regards the indirect leukocytic measures of immune function, nestling survival was negatively correlated with heterophile hemoconcentration in pied flycatchers (Lobato et al. 2005) and H/L ratio in great tits (Nadolski et al. 2006).”
Stress Indicators in Fish (2016, background): “…of future performance and viability, such as susceptibility to infection (Al-Murrani et al., 2002), growth rates (Moreno et al., 2002), and survival (Lobato et al., 2005; Kilgas et al., 2006) Blood smears are relatively inexpensive and easy to obtain from captured wild animals Leukocytes respond…”