Limited access to food and physiological trade-offs in a long-distance migrant shorebird. II. Constitutive immune function and the acute-phase response

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 561-571

  Buehler, Deborah M ^a,d   Encinas Viso, Francisco ^a   Petit, Magali ^b   Vézina, Franĉois ^b,c   Tieleman, B Irene ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; HAPTOGLOBIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BUDGET; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD LIMITATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; WADER;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLYING; FOOD; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOOD; HAPTOGLOBINS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 70350150663     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/603635     Document Type: Review

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