Nest predation risk modifies nestlings’ immune function depending on the level of threat

Nestling use of alternative acoustic antipredator responses is related to immune condition and social context

(2014) Debora Goedert et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Immune-related effects from predation risk in Neotropical blue-black grassquits (Volatinia jacarina)

(2014) João V.O. Caetano et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Acute stress during ontogeny suppresses innate, but not acquired immunity in a semi-precocial bird (Larus delawarensis)

(2013) Eunice H. Chin et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Physiological mechanisms mediating costs of immune responses: what can we learn from studies of birds?

(2012) Dennis Hasselquist et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Seasonal decline of offspring quality in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris: an immune challenge experiment

(2012) Lorenzo Serra et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Intense flight and endotoxin injection elicit similar effects on leukocyte distributions but dissimilar effects on plasma-based immunological indices in pigeons

(2012) K. D. Matson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) as Predator of Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) Nests

(2012) Juan D. Ibáñez-Álamo et al.   JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH

Breeding for high specific immune reactivity affects sensitivity to the environment

(2012) H. K. Parmentier et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Overexpression of heat shock protein 70 and its relationship to intestine under acute heat stress in broilers: 2. Intestinal oxidative stress

(2012) X. H. Gu et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Variation in Haematological Indices and Immune Function During the Annual Cycle in the Great TitParus major

(2011) Péter L. Pap et al.   ARDEA

Physiological roles of ovotransferrin

(2011) Francesco Giansanti et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Parental alarm calls warn nestlings about different predatory threats

(2011) Toshitaka N. Suzuki   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Hormonal response of nestlings to predator calls

(2011) J.D. Ibáñez-Álamo et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Pathogen Pressure Puts Immune Defense into Perspective

(2011) N. P. C. Horrocks et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Effects of Sibling Competition on Growth, Oxidative Stress, and Humoral Immunity: A Two-Year Brood-Size Manipulation

(2011) Sophie Bourgeon et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

A simple assay for measurement of ovotransferrin - a marker of inflammation and infection in birds

(2011) Nicholas P. C. Horrocks et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Does urbanization affect selective pressures and life-history strategies in the common blackbird (Turdus merula L.)?

(2010) JUAN DIEGO IBÁÑEZ-ÁLAMO et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Predator proximity as a stressor in breeding flycatchers: mass loss, stress protein induction, and elevated provisioning

(2010) Robert L. Thomson et al.   ECOLOGY

Behavioral and physiological responses of nestling pied flycatchers to acoustic stress

(2010) Vallo Tilgar et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Variation in innate immunity in relation to ectoparasite load, age and season: a field experiment in great tits (Parus major)

(2010) G. De Coster et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Predation on Dependent Offspring

(2009) Thomas E. Martin et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Nitric oxide production: an easily measurable condition index for vertebrates

(2009) Elin Sild et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Stress and immunity in wild vertebrates: Timing is everything

(2009) Lynn B. Martin   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Heat shock proteins and immune system

(2009) Min-Fu Tsan et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Enhancing versus Suppressive Effects of Stress on Immune Function: Implications for Immunoprotection and Immunopathology

(2009) Firdaus S. Dhabhar   NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Predator-induced reductions in nest visitation rates are modified by forest cover and food availability

(2008) Sönke Eggers et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Do leucocytes reflect condition in nestling burrowing parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus in the wild?

(2008) Juan F. Masello et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

The use of leukocyte profiles to measure stress in vertebrates: a review for ecologists

(2008) A. K. Davis et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Constitutive Immune Function Responds More Slowly to Handling Stress than Corticosterone in a Shorebird

(2008) Deborah M. Buehler et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY