The effect of energy reserves and food availability on optimal immune defence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1627, 2007, Pages 2835-2842

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a   McNamara, John M ^a   Barta, Zoltán ^a,b   Klasing, Kirk C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Energy reserves; Immunity; State dependence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAT RESERVE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LINEAR PROGRAMING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STARVATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35848938005     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0934     Document Type: Article

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