Social status, immune response and parasitism in males: A meta-analysis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1669, 2015, Pages

  Habig, Bobby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance rank; Immune function; Life history; Parasitism; Social status; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ECTOPARASITE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMOPARASITE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; META-ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TRADE-OFF; VERTEBRATE; WILD POPULATION;

PROTOZOA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84927728745     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0109     Document Type: Review

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