Immune activity suppresses reproduction in food-limited female tree lizards Urosaurus ornatus

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1115-1122

  French, S S ^a   Johnston, G I H ^a   Moore, M C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Resource availability; Steroid hormones; Trade offs; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIZARD; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; WOUNDING;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS; UROSAURUS ORNATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36249032002     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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