Do immunological, endocrine and metabolic traits fall on a single Pace-of-Life axis? Covariation and constraints among physiological systems

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1864-1876

  Versteegh, Maaike A ^a   Schwabl, I ^b   Jaquier, S ^a   Tieleman, B I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Constitutive immunity; Corticosterone; Pace of Life; Stonechats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEROID; SUBSPECIES;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CLUTCH SIZE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CLUTCH SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PASSERIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865159296     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02574.x     Document Type: Article

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