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Investment in Constitutive Immune Function by North American Elk Experimentally Maintained at Two Different Population Densities

Natural selection favors individuals that respond with effective and appropriate immune responses to macro or microparasites. Animals living in populations close to ecological carrying capacity experience increased intraspecific competition, and as a result are often in poor nutritional condition. N...

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Autores principales: Downs, Cynthia J., Stewart, Kelley M., Dick, Brian L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25992627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125586