Population differences in fever and sickness behaviors in a wild passerine: A role for cytokines

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4099-4109

  Adelman, James S ^a,e   Bentley, George E ^b   Wingfield, John C ^c   Martin, Lynn B ^d   Hau, Michaela ^a,e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Eco immunology; Fever; Sickness behaviors; Song sparrow

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEVER; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; LETHARGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPARROW; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANOREXIA; BODY COMPOSITION; CALIFORNIA; CYTOKINES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEVER; HORMONES; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERLEUKIN-6; LETHARGY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPARROWS; WASHINGTON; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650048443     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.049528     Document Type: Article

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