Consequences of immune system aging in nature: A study of immunosenescence costs in free-living tree swallows

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 952-966

  Palacios, Maria G ^a   Winkler, David W ^b   Klasing, Kirk C ^c   Hasselquist, Dennis ^d   Vleck, Carol M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Bacterial killing; Disease; Ecological immunology; Immunocompetence; Lipopolysaccharide; Lysozyme; Senescence; Sickness behavior

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY MASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOW (BIRD); TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; SWALLOWS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 79955651817     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0662.1     Document Type: Article

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