Outdoor immunology: Methodological considerations for ecologists

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-100

  Boughton, Raoul K ^a   Joop, Gerrit ^b   Armitage, Sophie A O ^c  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological immunology; Fitness; Immune challenge; Immunocompetence; Life history trade off; Parasite; Resistance; Symbiont; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITOLOGY; SYMBIONT; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78751689676     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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