Parasites shape the optimal investment in immunity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1595, 2006, Pages 1773-1777

  Tschirren, Barbara ^a,b   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of immunity; Ecological immunology; Host parasite interactions; Life history; Parus major; Trade off

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; METHIONINE;

EVOLUTION; GROWTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY; PARASITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECTOPARASITE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; PARUS MAJOR;

ANIMALS; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; METHIONINE; PASSERIFORMES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33747431928     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3524     Document Type: Article

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