What makes a host profitable? Parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-118

  Bize, Pierre ^a   Jeanneret, Caroline ^b   Klopfenstein, Aurélie ^b   Roulin, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Host parasite interaction; Immunocompetence; Nutrition; Parasite fitness; Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) skin test

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ECTOPARASITE; FITNESS; FLY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; NUTRITION; SURVIVAL;

APUS MELBA; CRATAERINA MELBAE; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA;

METHIONINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; METHIONINE;

EID: 38349132036     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523943     Document Type: Article

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