Variation in stress and innate immunity in the tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) across an urban-rural gradient

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 997-1005

  French, Susannah S ^a   Fokidis, H Bobby ^b   Moore, Michael C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Disturbance; Leukocytes; Parasites; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIZARD; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOWN-REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIZARDS; MALE; PLASMODIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URBANIZATION;

PLASMODIUM MEXICANUM; SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS; UROSAURUS ORNATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 54949119473     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0290-8     Document Type: Article

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