Costs and Benefits of Experimentally Induced Changes in the Allocation of Growth versus Immune Function under Differential Exposure to Ectoparasites

BACKGROUND: Ecological immunology has focused on the costs of investment in immunocompetence. However, understanding optimal resource allocation to immune defence requires also identification of its benefits, which are likely to occur only when parasites are abundant. METHODOLOGY: We manipulated the...

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Autores principales: Pitala, Natalia, Siitari, Heli, Gustafsson, Lars, Brommer, Jon E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010814

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010814

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