Energetic costs of the immune response and torpor use in a primate

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-565

  Canale, Cindy I ^a   Henry, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Body temperature; Energetic trade off; Fever; Hypothermia; Microcebus murinus

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PRIMATE; TORPOR; TRADE-OFF;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79955487290     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01815.x     Document Type: Article

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