Immune Phenotype and Body Condition in Roe Deer: Individuals with High Body Condition Have Different, Not Stronger Immunity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Gilot Fromont, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Jégo, Maël ^a,b   Bonenfant, Christophe ^a   Gibert, Philippe ^c   Rannou, Benoit ^b   Klein, François ^c   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FOREST; FRANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866532551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045576     Document Type: Article

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