Does innate immune function decline with age in captive ruffs Philomachus pugnax?

Animal Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-240

  Nebel, Silke ^a   Buehler, Deborah M ^b,c   Kubli, Shawn ^a   Lank, David B ^d   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive; energetic costs; immunosenescence; innate immunity; Philomachus pugnax; resource allocation; ruff

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE CLASS; BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POLYSACCHARIDE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WADER;

AVES; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 84876121059     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15707563-00002409     Document Type: Article

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