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Elevational variation in body-temperature response to immune challenge in a lizard
Immunocompetence benefits animal fitness by combating pathogens, but also entails some costs. One of its main components is fever, which in ectotherms involves two main types of costs: energy expenditure and predation risk. Whenever those costs of fever outweigh its benefits, ectotherms are expected...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168981 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1972 |