Offspring pay sooner, parents pay later: experimental manipulation of body mass reveals trade-offs between immune function, reproduction and survival

Immune response to an endotoxin challenge involves multiple immune parameters and is consistent among the annual-cycle stages of a free-living temperate zone bird

(2013) A. Hegemann et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

Immune function in a free-living bird varies over the annual cycle, but seasonal patterns differ between years

(2012) Arne Hegemann et al.   OECOLOGIA

Experimental test of a trade-off between moult and immune response in house sparrows Passer domesticus

(2010) G. MORENO-RUEDA   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Effects of immune supplementation and immune challenge on oxidative status and physiology in a model bird: implications for ecologists

(2010) J. van de Crommenacker et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Negotiation of parental care when the stakes are high: experimental handicapping of one partner during incubation leads to short-term generosity

(2009) Karen L. Wiebe   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Ecophysiological response of Adelie penguins facing an experimental increase in breeding constraints

(2009) M. Beaulieu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Energy expenditure during flight in relation to body mass: effects of natural increases in mass and artificial load in Rose Coloured Starlings

(2008) Carola A. Schmidt-Wellenburg et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

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

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