Elevated reproductive effort increases blood parasitaemia and decreases immune function in birds: A meta-regression approach

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 405-415

  Knowles, Sarah C L ^a   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Brood size manipulation; Cost of reproduction; Haematozoa; Immunocompetence; Meta analysis; PHA

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEMOPARASITE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; META-ANALYSIS; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 62449267152     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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