Immune activity elevates energy expenditure of house sparrows: A link between direct and indirect costs?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1511, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Martin II, Lynn B ^a,b   Scheuerlein, Alex ^a,c   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; House sparrow; Immunity; Phytohemagglutinin; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

BIOENERGETICS; COST; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREEDING METHOD; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT CONTENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY;

AVES; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037460214     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2185     Document Type: Article

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