Macroimmunology: The drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defence

Predictive analysis across spatial scales links zoonotic malaria to deforestation

(2019) Patrick M. Brock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Scaling of Host Competence

(2019) Cynthia J. Downs et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Leukocyte profiles reflect geographic range limits in a widespread Neotropical bat

(2019) Daniel J Becker et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Phylofactorization: a graph partitioning algorithm to identify phylogenetic scales of ecological data

(2019) Alex D. Washburne et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Avian health across the landscape: nestling immunity covaries with changing landcover

(2019) Loren Merrill et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Modeling the effects of resource-driven immune defense on parasite transmission in heterogeneous host populations

(2019) Richard J Hall   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Multi-scale drivers of immunological variation and consequences for infectious disease dynamics

(2019) Daniel J Becker et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Light pollution increases West Nile virus competence of a ubiquitous passerine reservoir species

(2019) Meredith E. Kernbach et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gene flow and genetic drift in urban environments

(2019) Lindsay S. Miles et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Sampling to elucidate the dynamics of infections in reservoir hosts

(2019) Raina K. Plowright et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Physiological and immunological responses of birds and mammals to forest degradation: A meta-analysis

(2018) Simone Messina et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Opposed elevational variation in prevalence and intensity of endoparasites and their vectors in a lizard

(2018) Lola Álvarez-Ruiz et al.   Current Zoology

Parasite Tolerance and Host Competence in Avian Host Defense to West Nile Virus

(2018) Sarah C. Burgan et al.   EcoHealth

Spatial and temporal impacts of the Skjervøy harbour diesel spill on native population of blue mussels: A sub-Arctic case study

(2018) Marine Breitwieser et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Blood concentrations of PCBs and DDTs in an avian predator endemic to southern Africa: Associations with habitat, electrical transformers and diet

(2018) Marie-Sophie Garcia-Heras et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Phylogenetic uniqueness, not latitude, explains the diversity of avian blood parasite communities worldwide

(2018) Nicholas J. Clark   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAYS TO MEASURE CYTOKINE TRANSCRIPT LEVELS IN THE FLORIDA MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS)

(2018) Jason A. Ferrante et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Genomic signatures of parasite-driven natural selection in north European Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar )

(2018) Ksenia J. Zueva et al.   Marine Genomics

Genomic signatures of fine-scale local selection in Atlantic salmon suggest involvement of sexual maturation, energy homeostasis and immune defence-related genes

(2018) Victoria L. Pritchard et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A genetics-based approach confirms immune associations with life history across multiple populations of an aquatic vertebrate (Gasterosteus aculeatus )

(2018) James R. Whiting et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A novel approach to wildlife transcriptomics provides evidence of disease-mediated differential expression and changes to the microbiome of amphibian populations

(2018) Lewis J. Campbell et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Transcriptomic analysis of skin pigmentation variation in the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana )

(2018) Sergio F. Nigenda-Morales et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genome-wide expression reveals multiple systemic effects associated with detection of anticoagulant poisons in bobcats (Lynx rufus )

(2018) Devaughn Fraser et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles and bacterial infection risk

(2018) Daniel J. Becker et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reviewing the effects of food provisioning on wildlife immunity

(2018) Tomas Strandin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Food for contagion: synthesis and future directions for studying host–parasite responses to resource shifts in anthropogenic environments

(2018) Sonia Altizer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rapid seasonal evolution in innate immunity of wild Drosophila melanogaster

(2018) Emily L. Behrman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The ecology of immune state in a wild mammal, Mus musculus domesticus

(2018) Stephen Abolins et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Opposed elevational variation in prevalence and intensity of endoparasites and their vectors in a lizard

(2018) Lola Álvarez-Ruiz et al.   Current Zoology

Investigating Relationships between Reproduction, Immune Defenses, and Cortisol in Dall Sheep

(2018) Cynthia J. Downs et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Changing resource landscapes and spillover of henipaviruses

(2018) Maureen K. Kessler et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

IUCN Conservation Status Does Not Predict Glucocorticoid Concentrations in Reptiles and Birds

(2018) Lynn B Martin et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Environmental extremes drive population structure at the northern range limit of Atlantic salmon in North America

(2018) Emma V. A. Sylvester et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Using non-invasive metagenomics to characterize viral communities from wildlife

(2018) Laura M. Bergner et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Gauging support for macroecological patterns in helminth parasites

(2018) Tad A. Dallas et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Handling Stress and Sample Storage Are Associated with Weaker Complement-Mediated Bactericidal Ability in Birds but Not Bats

(2018) Daniel J. Becker et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

How Individual Variation in Host Tolerance Affects Competence to Transmit Parasites

(2018) Sarah C. Burgan et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Fueling Defense: Effects of Resources on the Ecology and Evolution of Tolerance to Parasite Infection

(2018) Sarah A. Budischak et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Accumulation of coal combustion residues and their immunological effects in the yellow-bellied slider ( Trachemys scripta scripta )

(2017) David L. Haskins et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transcriptomic responses of the endangered freshwater mussel Margaritifera margaritifera to trace metal contamination in the Dronne River, France

(2017) Anthony Bertucci et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Parasitism drives host genome evolution: Insights from thePasteuria ramosa-Daphnia magnasystem

(2017) Yann Bourgeois et al.   EVOLUTION

Profiling the immunome of little brown myotis provides a yardstick for measuring the genetic response to white-nose syndrome

(2017) Michael E. Donaldson et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Geographical and temporal variation in environmental conditions affects nestling growth but not immune function in a year-round breeding equatorial lark

(2017) Henry K. Ndithia et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Genetic variation of major histocompatibility complex genes in the endangered red-crowned crane

(2017) Takuya Akiyama et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Costs of immunity and their role in the range expansion of the house sparrow in Kenya

(2017) Lynn B. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sources of variance in immunological traits: evidence of congruent latitudinal trends across species

(2017) Hendrik Meister et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS AND THEIR RESPONSE TO HANDLING STRESS IN A NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY SHOREBIRD DURING THE NONBREEDING SEASON

(2017) Verónica L. D'Amico et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Hepatic transcriptomic profiles from barramundi, Lates calcarifer, as a means of assessing organism health and identifying stressors in rivers in northern Queensland

(2017) Sharon E. Hook et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Parasite infection and immune and health-state in wild fish exposed to marine pollution

(2017) María Cruz Sueiro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Pathways to zoonotic spillover

(2017) Raina K. Plowright et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Agricultural Intensification Is Linked to Constitutive Innate Immune Function in a Wild Bird Population

(2017) Clarence Schmitt et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Physiological Correlates of Multiple Parasitic Infections in Side-Blotched Lizards

(2017) Austin R. Spence et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Variation in Major Histocompatibility Complex diversity in invasive cane toad populations

(2017) Mette Lillie et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

The evolution of the major histocompatibility complex in upstream versus downstream river populations of the longnose dace

(2017) Erika Crispo et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Development of a genotype-by-sequencing immunogenetic assay as exemplified by screening for variation in red fox with and without endemic rabies exposure

(2017) Michael E. Donaldson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Polymorphism in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC class II B) genes of the Rufous-backed Bunting (Emberiza jankowskii)

(2017) Dan Li et al.   PeerJ

Changes in immune functions in bottlenose dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

(2017) S De Guise et al.   Endangered Species Research

Habitat disturbance results in chronic stress and impaired health status in forest-dwelling paleotropical bats

(2017) Anne Seltmann et al.   Conservation Physiology

From the animal house to the field: Are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)?

(2017) Elena Arriero et al.   PLoS One

Transcriptome analysis of a wild bird reveals physiological responses to the urban environment

(2017) Hannah Watson et al.   Scientific Reports

Immunosenescence patterns differ between populations but not between sexes in a long-lived mammal

(2017) L. Cheynel et al.   Scientific Reports

Geographical and Seasonal Patterns of Spleen Mass and Acarine Load in Tropical and Subtropical Leaf-Nosed Bats

(2016) L. Gerardo Herrera M. et al.   ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA

Quantifying Global Drivers of Zoonotic Bat Viruses: A Process-Based Perspective

(2016) Liam Brierley et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Seasonal immunoregulation in a naturally-occurring vertebrate

(2016) Martha Brown et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The macroecology of infectious diseases: a new perspective on global-scale drivers of pathogen distributions and impacts

(2016) Patrick R. Stephens et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Immunotoxic effects of environmental pollutants in marine mammals

(2016) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Immunological and health-state parameters in the Patagonian rockfish Sebastes oculatus. Their relation to chemical stressors and seasonal changes

(2016) Maria Cruz Sueiro et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular characterization of MHC class II in the Australian invasive cane toad reveals multiple splice variants

(2016) Mette Lillie et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Innate immunity and testosterone rapidly respond to acute stress, but is corticosterone at the helm?

(2016) S. Davies et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

MHC, parasites and antler development in red deer: no support for the Hamilton & Zuk hypothesis

(2016) M. Buczek et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Plasmodium infection and oxidative status in breeding great tits, Parus major

(2016) Jessica Delhaye et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Landscape-scale variation in an anthropogenic factor shapes immune gene variation within a wild population

(2016) Catalina Gonzalez-Quevedo et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Contemporary variations of immune responsiveness during range expansion of two invasive rodents in Senegal

(2016) Christophe Diagne et al.   OIKOS

Diversity in the Toll-Like Receptor Genes of the African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

(2016) Desiré Lee Dalton et al.   PLoS One

Adaptive tolerance to a pathogenic fungus drives major histocompatibility complex evolution in natural amphibian populations

(2016) Anna E. Savage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Long-term dynamics and correlations of ecophysiological parameters in murine rodent communities

(2016) L. P. Agulova et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Heavy metal mediated innate immune responses of the Indian green frog, Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Anura: Ranidae): Cellular profiles and associated Th1 skewed cytokine response

(2016) Uthpala A. Jayawardena et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Global Patterns of Zoonotic Disease in Mammals

(2016) Barbara A. Han et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Organochlorine Contaminants, Immunocompetence and Vitellogenin in Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-Backed Gulls (Larus marinus) Nesting on Lake Ontario in 2001–2002

(2016) Cynthia Pekarik et al.   WATERBIRDS

Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

(2016) Brendan Epstein et al.   Nature Communications

Brood size moderates associations between relative size, telomere length, and immune development in European starling nestlings

(2016) Daniel Nettle et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Lack of diversity at innate immunity Toll-like receptor genes in the Critically Endangered White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi)

(2016) Desire L. Dalton et al.   Scientific Reports

Potential immunohaematological effects of persistent organic pollutants on chinstrap penguin

(2015) S. Jara-Carrasco et al.   ANTARCTIC SCIENCE

Sublethal red tide toxin exposure in free-ranging manatees (Trichechus manatus) affects the immune system through reduced lymphocyte proliferation responses, inflammation, and oxidative stress

(2015) Catherine J. Walsh et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Borrelia burgdorferisensu lato infection pressure shapes innate immune gene evolution in natural rodent populations across Europe

(2015) Barbara Tschirren   Biology Letters

Context-dependent associations between heterozygosity and immune variation in a wild carnivore

(2015) Patrick M. Brock et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Toll-like receptor diversity in 10 threatened bird species: relationship with microsatellite heterozygosity

(2015) Catherine E. Grueber et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Linking anthropogenic resources to wildlife-pathogen dynamics: a review and meta-analysis

(2015) Daniel J. Becker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Global gene expression profiling using heterologous DNA microarrays to analyze alterations in the transcriptome of Mus spretus mice living in a heavily polluted environment

(2015) Julia Ruiz-Laguna et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Reproduction is costly in an infected aquatic insect

(2015) I.A. Krams et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Covariation in stress and immune gene expression in a range expanding bird

(2015) Lynn B. Martin et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Common measures of immune function vary with time of day and sampling protocol in five passerine species

(2015) M. Zylberberg   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Blood-feeding ectoparasites as developmental stressors: Does corticosterone mediate effects of mite infestation on nestling growth, immunity and energy availability?

(2015) Leah J. Eisner Pryor et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Diversity of MHCDQBandDRBGenes in the Endangered Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)

(2015) Quintin Lau et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Responses of New World flying squirrels to the acute stress of capture and handling

(2015) Lanna M. Desantis et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

fitdistrplus: AnRPackage for Fitting Distributions

(2015) Marie Laure Delignette-Muller et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Hare demography, physiology and European Brown Hare Syndrome virus infection: is there an association?

(2015) C. Sokos et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Heterozygote advantage at MHCDRBmay influence response to infectious disease epizootics

(2015) Amy J. Osborne et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Lack of genetic diversity across diverse immune genes in an endangered mammal, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

(2015) Katrina M. Morris et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Measuring the immune system of the three-spined stickleback - investigating natural variation by quantifying immune expression in the laboratory and the wild

(2015) Shaun Robertson et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Beyond mice and men: environmental change, immunity and infections in wild ungulates

(2015) A. E. Jolles et al.   PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY

Lack of Spatial Immunogenetic Structure among Wolverine (Gulo gulo) Populations Suggestive of Broad Scale Balancing Selection

(2015) Yessica Rico et al.   PLoS One

Detoxification, endocrine, and immune responses of tree swallow nestlings naturally exposed to air contaminants from the Alberta oil sands

(2015) Luis Cruz-Martinez et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sources of variation in innate immunity in great tit nestlings living along a metal pollution gradient: An individual-based approach

(2015) Anke Vermeulen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The context of host competence: a role for plasticity in host–parasite dynamics

(2015) Stephanie S. Gervasi et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Spatially variable coevolution between a haemosporidian parasite and the MHC of a widely distributed passerine

(2015) Matthew R. Jones et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Effects of bird-feeding activities on the health of wild birds

(2015) Travis E. Wilcoxen et al.   Conservation Physiology

Within-Colony Variation in the Immunocompetency of Managed and Feral Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Different Urban Landscapes

(2015) R. Appler et al.   Insects

Variation in Immune Parameters and Disease Prevalence among Lesser Black-Backed Gulls (Larus fuscus sp.) with Different Migratory Strategies

(2015) Elena Arriero et al.   PLoS One

A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) spleen transcriptome reveals intra- and interspecific patterns of gene expression, alternative splicing and genetic diversity in passerines

(2014) Qu Zhang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Signatures of natural and unnatural selection: evidence from an immune system gene in African buffalo

(2014) K. E. Lane-deGraaf et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Basking Activity is Modulated by Health State but is Constrained by Conspicuousness to Predators in Male Spanish Terrapins

(2014) Alejandro Ibáñez et al.   ETHOLOGY

Wild cyclic voles maintain high neutral and MHC diversity without strong evidence for parasite-mediated selection

(2014) J. C. Winternitz et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Health status and bioremediation capacity of wild freshwater mussels (Diplodon chilensis) exposed to sewage water pollution in a glacial Patagonian lake

(2014) Virginia A. Bianchi et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Natural and anthropogenic factors shape metazoan parasite community structure in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) from two estuaries in New Brunswick, Canada

(2014) Christopher A. Blanar et al.   FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA

From genome-wide to candidate gene: an investigation of variation at the major histocompatibility complex in common bottlenose dolphins exposed to harmful algal blooms

(2014) Kristina M. Cammen et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Methods for Quantifying Gene Expression in Ecoimmunology: From qPCR to RNA-Seq

(2014) C. A. Fassbinder-Orth   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Testing Hypotheses in Ecoimmunology Using Mixed Models: Disentangling Hierarchical Correlations

(2014) C. J. Downs et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Mechanisms and Methods in Ecoimmunology: Integrating Within-Organism and Between-Organism Processes

(2014) C. J. Downs et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Effects of wildfire on sea otter (Enhydra lutris) gene transcript profiles

(2014) Lizabeth Bowen et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Environmental proxies of antigen exposure explain variation in immune investment better than indices of pace of life

(2014) Nicholas P. C. Horrocks et al.   OECOLOGIA

House Finch Populations Differ in Early Inflammatory Signaling and Pathogen Tolerance at the Peak of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Infection

(2013) James S. Adelman et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Parasite-mediated selection of major histocompatibility complex variability in wild brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) from Inner Mongolia, China

(2013) Min Zhang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Ecological and evolutionary implications of food subsidies from humans

(2013) Daniel Oro et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Multitissue Molecular, Genomic, and Developmental Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Resident Gulf Killifish (Fundulus grandis)

(2013) Benjamin Dubansky et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ontogeny of constitutive immunity: maternal vs. endogenous influences

(2013) Elena Arriero et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Predation risk affects the levels of maternal immune factors in avian eggs

(2013) Chiara Morosinotto et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Counts in Welcome Swallow Nestlings

(2013) Antonette Sindik et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LEUKOCYTES AND HEPATOZOON SPP. IN GREEN FROGS, RANA CLAMITANS

(2013) Dave Shutler et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

COMPARISON OF BLOOD VALUES AND HEALTH STATUS OF FLOREANA MOCKINGBIRDS (MIMUS TRIFASCIATUS) ON THE ISLANDS OF CHAMPION AND GARDNER-BY-FLOREANA, GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS

(2013) Sharon L. Deem et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Population Differences in Host Immune Factors May Influence Survival of Gunnison’s Prairie Dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni) during Plague Outbreaks

(2013) Joseph D. Busch et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Associations between innate immune function and ectoparasites in wild rodent hosts

(2013) Evelyn C. Rynkiewicz et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Complex Interplay of Body Condition, Life History, and Prevailing Environment Shapes Immune Defenses of Garter Snakes in the Wild

(2013) Maria G. Palacios et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Island Life Shapes the Physiology and Life History of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

(2013) Kevin D. Matson et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Surveillance for microbes and range expansion in house sparrows

(2013) L. B. Martin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecological immunology in a fluctuating environment: an integrative analysis of tree swallow nestling immune defense

(2013) Gabriel Pigeon et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Discongruence of Mhc and cytochrome b phylogeographical patterns in Myodes glareolus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

(2012) PIERRE-JEAN G. MALÉ et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

MHC class II DQB diversity in the Japanese black bear, Ursus thibetanus japonicus

(2012) Yoshiki Yasukochi et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sex-specific selection for MHC variability in Alpine chamois

(2012) Helmut Schaschl et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

RNA-Seq reveals complex genetic response to deepwater horizon oil release in Fundulus grandis

(2012) Tzintzuni I Garcia et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Individual variation in biomarkers of health: Influence of persistent organic pollutants in Great skuas (Stercorarius skua) breeding at different geographical locations

(2012) Sophie Bourgeon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Methodological issues and advances in biological meta-analysis

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Longevity and lifetime reproductive success of barn swallow offspring are predicted by their hatching date and phenotypic quality

(2012) Nicola Saino et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Inbreeding, immune defence and ectoparasite load in different mockingbird populations and species in the Galápagos Islands

(2012) Paquita E. A. Hoeck et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

(Lack of) Genetic Diversity in Immune Genes Predates Glacial Isolation in the North American Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)

(2012) A. B. A. Shafer et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Seasonal and spatial influences on gene expression in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba

(2012) PJ Seear et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Evidence for selection at cytokine loci in a natural population of field voles (Microtus agrestis)

(2012) ANDREW K. TURNER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Innate immunity and the evolution of resistance to an emerging infectious disease in a wild bird

(2012) CAMILLE BONNEAUD et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Is there sex-biased resistance and tolerance in Mediterranean wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) populations facing multiple helminth infections?

(2012) Frédéric Bordes et al.   OECOLOGIA

Parasite burden and the insect immune response: interpopulation comparison

(2012) KARI M. KAUNISTO et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Spatial parasite ecology and epidemiology: a review of methods and applications

(2012) RACHEL L. PULLAN et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Immune Phenotype and Body Condition in Roe Deer: Individuals with High Body Condition Have Different, Not Stronger Immunity

(2012) Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont et al.   PLoS One

Unraveling the Effects of Selection and Demography on Immune Gene Variation in Free-Ranging Plains Zebra (Equus quagga) Populations

(2012) Pauline L. Kamath et al.   PLoS One

Cumulative impacts of urban runoff and municipal wastewater effluents on wild freshwater mussels (Lasmigona costata)

(2012) Patricia L. Gillis   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Tick infestation patterns in free ranging African buffalo (Syncercus caffer): Effects of host innate immunity and niche segregation among tick species

(2012) Kadie Anderson et al.   International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife

Histologic, immunologic and endocrine biomarkers indicate contaminant effects in fishes of the Ashtabula River

(2011) Luke R. Iwanowicz et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY AND POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION AT THE INNATE IMMUNITY GENE TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 (TLR2) IN TWO SYMPATRIC RODENT SPECIES

(2011) Barbara Tschirren et al.   EVOLUTION

From superspreaders to disease hotspots: linking transmission across hosts and space

(2011) Sara H Paull et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

An integrative study of ageing in a wild population of common lizards

(2011) Manuel Massot et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Innate immunity and stress physiology of eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from two stream reaches with differing habitat quality

(2011) William A. Hopkins et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Beyond phytohaemagglutinin: assessing vertebrate immune function across ecological contexts

(2011) Gregory E. Demas et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Melanin-based coloration is related to parasite intensity and cellular immune response in an urban free living bird: the feral pigeon Columba livia

(2011) Lisa Jacquin et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Effects of various pollutant mixtures on immune responses of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) collected at a salinity gradient in Danish coastal waters

(2011) N. Höher et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Molecular Evolution of the Toll-Like Receptor Multigene Family in Birds

(2011) M. Alcaide et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Drift and selection influence geographic variation at immune loci of prairie-chickens

(2011) JENNIFER L. BOLLMER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Wild immunology

(2011) AMY B. PEDERSEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations

(2011) LEWIS G. SPURGIN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

One Problem, Many Solutions: Simple Statistical Approaches Help Unravel the Complexity of the Immune System in an Ecological Context

(2011) Deborah M. Buehler et al.   PLoS One

Allorecognition in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), an Endangered Marsupial Species with Limited Genetic Diversity

(2011) Alexandre Kreiss et al.   PLoS One

Rapid evolution of disease resistance is accompanied by functional changes in gene expression in a wild bird

(2011) C. Bonneaud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Urban habituation, ecological connectivity and epidemic dampening: the emergence of Hendra virus from flying foxes (Pteropus spp.)

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Major histocompatibility complex diversity in the endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)

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Genetic Diversity in Cytokines Associated with Immune Variation and Resistance to Multiple Pathogens in a Natural Rodent Population

(2011) Andrew K. Turner et al.   PLoS Genetics

Phenotypic plasticity in the greater mouse-eared bat in extremely different roost conditions

(2010) Marcel Uhrin et al.   ACTA THERIOLOGICA

The effects of anthropogenic global changes on immune functions and disease resistance

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Comparative endocrine disruptive effects of contaminants in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from Svalbard and the Baltic Sea

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Adaptations of skin peptide defences and possible response to the amphibian chytrid fungus in populations of Australian green-eyed treefrogs, Litoria genimaculata

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TEMPORAL VARIATION AT THE MHC CLASS IIB IN WILD POPULATIONS OF THE GUPPY (POECILIA RETICULATA)

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Radiotelemetry reveals variation in fever and sickness behaviours with latitude in a free-living passerine

(2010) James S. Adelman et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Disease ecology meets ecological immunology: understanding the links between organismal immunity and infection dynamics in natural populations

(2010) Dana M. Hawley et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fitness consequences of immune responses: strengthening the empirical framework for ecoimmunology

(2010) Andrea L. Graham et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Mx gene diversity and influenza association among five wild dabbling duck species (Anas spp.) in Alaska

(2010) Danielle Dillon et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Multivariate phenotypes and the potential for alternative phenotypic optima in wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) ventral colour morphs

(2010) B. CALSBEEK et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Elucidating cellular and behavioural effects of contaminant impact (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs) in both laboratory-exposed and field-collected shore crabs, Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Decapoda)

(2010) Awantha Dissanayake et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Rapid, pervasive genetic differentiation of urban white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City

(2010) JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Global drivers of human pathogen richness and prevalence

(2010) R. R. Dunn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genetic diversity, parasite prevalence and immunity in wild bumblebees

(2010) P. R. Whitehorn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The role of infectious diseases in biological conservation

(2009) K. F. Smith et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus)

(2009) Tobias L Lenz et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Parasite spillback: A neglected concept in invasion ecology?

(2009) D. W. Kelly et al.   ECOLOGY

Compromised immune competence in free-living tree swallows exposed to mercury

(2009) Dana M. Hawley et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Variation in immune function, body condition, and feather corticosterone in nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on reclaimed wetlands in the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada

(2009) N. Jane Harms et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Parasite mediated homogenizing selection at the MHC in guppies

(2009) Bonnie A. Fraser et al.   GENETICA

Age and environment affect constitutive immune function in Red Knots (Calidris canutus)

(2009) Deborah M. Buehler et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

A test of life-history theories of immune defence in two ecotypes of the garter snake,Thamnophis elegans

(2009) Amanda Marie Sparkman et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Immunotoxicity of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) in Free-Ranging Gray Seal Pups with Special Emphasis on Dioxin-Like Congeners

(2009) Eugen Gravningen S⊘rmo et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES

Mercury and Drought Along the Lower Carson River, Nevada: III. Effects on Blood and Organ Biochemistry and Histopathology of Snowy Egrets and Black-Crowned Night-Herons on Lahontan Reservoir, 2002–2006

(2009) David J. Hoffman et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES

Mortality and morbidity in Grey seal pups (Halichoerus grypus). Studies on its causes, effects of environment, the nature and sources of infectious agents and the immunological status of pups

(2009) J. R. Baker   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The activity of macrophage aggregates in the liver of flounder (Platichthys flesus) and wrasse (Symphodus melops) is associated with tissue damage

(2009) Katja Broeg   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Major histocompatibility complex heterozygote advantage and widespread bacterial infections in populations of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

(2009) MELISSA L. EVANS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Effects of environmental change on wildlife health

(2009) K. Acevedo-Whitehouse et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Factors affecting red deer skin test responsiveness to bovine and avian tuberculin and to phytohaemagglutinin

(2009) I.G. Fernández-de-Mera et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Mitogen-induced responses in lymphocytes from platypus, the Tasmanian devil and the eastern barred bandicoot

(2008) NJ Stewart et al.   AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Latitudinal variation of immune defense and sickness behavior in the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

(2008) Noah T. Owen-Ashley et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Salmon spawning migration: Metabolic shifts and environmental triggers

(2008) Kristina M. Miller et al.   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MACROPARASITES AND MICROPARASITES DRIVE INFECTION PATTERNS IN FREE-RANGING AFRICAN BUFFALO

(2008) Anna E. Jolles et al.   ECOLOGY

UTILIZATION OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION PROFILES AS INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPAIRMENT OF SMALLMOUTH BASS (MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU) FROM THE SHENANDOAH RIVER, VIRGINIA, USA

(2008) Jennifer Ripley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Causal inference in disease ecology: investigating ecological drivers of disease emergence

(2008) Raina K Plowright et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Host ecology shapes geographical variation for resistance to bacterial infection in Drosophila melanogaster

(2008) Vanessa Corby-Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Interspecific variation in avian blood parasites and haematology associated with urbanization in a desert habitat

(2008) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Variation in stress and innate immunity in the tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) across an urban–rural gradient

(2008) Susannah S. French et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Liver cyp1A protein expression and pigmented macrophage aggregates as indicators of polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in carp Cyprinus carpio L. from the Kalamazoo River Superfund site, Michigan

(2008) M. A. Fisher et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Variation in measures of immunocompetence of sea fan coral, Gorgonia ventalina, in the Florida Keys

(2008) C. S. Couch et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

A transcriptomic analysis of the stress induced by capture-release health assessment studies in wild dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

(2008) A. MANCIA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Variation in immune defence among populations of Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

(2008) Stéphane Cornet et al.   OECOLOGIA

Measuring immune system variation to help understand host-pathogen community dynamics

(2008) J. E. BRADLEY et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Reproduction and nutritional stress are risk factors for Hendra virus infection in little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus)

(2008) R. K Plowright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gill and head kidney antioxidant processes and innate immune system responses of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) exposed to different contaminants in the St. Lawrence River, Canada

(2008) C DAUTREMEPUITS et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The interaction of parasites and resources cause crashes in a wild mouse population

(2007) Amy B. Pedersen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY