Understanding immune function as a pace of life trait requires environmental context

Personality and innate immune defenses in a wild bird: Evidence for the pace-of-life hypothesis

(2017) Rowan Jacques-Hamilton et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Ecoimmunology and microbial ecology: Contributions to avian behavior, physiology, and life history

(2017) Jessica K. Evans et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Migration and parasitism: habitat use, not migration distance, influences helminth species richness in Charadriiform birds

(2017) Jorge S. Gutiérrez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Multi-level comparisons of cloacal, skin, feather and nest-associated microbiota suggest considerable influence of horizontal acquisition on the microbiota assembly of sympatric woodlarks and skylarks

(2017) H. Pieter J. van Veelen et al.   Microbiome

Within guild co-infections influence parasite community membership: a longitudinal study in African Buffalo

(2016) Brian Henrichs et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

A place for host–microbe symbiosis in the comparative physiologist's toolbox

(2016) Kevin D. Kohl et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts

(2016) Angela E. Douglas et al.   mBio

Deconstructing the Bat Skin Microbiome: Influences of the Host and the Environment

(2016) Christine V. Avena et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Environment and host species shape the skin microbiome of captive neotropical bats

(2016) Virginie Lemieux-Labonté et al.   PeerJ

Causes and Consequences of Partial Migration in a Passerine Bird

(2015) Arne Hegemann et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?

(2015) Nancy A. Moran et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Host Biology in Light of the Microbiome: Ten Principles of Holobionts and Hologenomes

(2015) Seth R. Bordenstein et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Markedly Elevated Antibody Responses in Wild versus Captive Spotted Hyenas Show that Environmental and Ecological Factors Are Important Modulators of Immunity

(2015) Andrew S. Flies et al.   PLoS One

Interactions between Micro- and Macroparasites Predict Microparasite Species Richness across Primates

(2014) Charles L. Nunn et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Environmental Factors Shape the Community of Symbionts in the Hoopoe Uropygial Gland More than Genetic Factors

(2014) Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of a West Nile virus surveillance and early warning system in Greece, based on domestic pigeons

(2014) Serafeim C. Chaintoutis et al.   COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Genetic and phenotypically flexible components of seasonal variation in immune function

(2014) M. A. Versteegh et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Physiological pace of life: the link between constitutive immunity, developmental period, and metabolic rate in European birds

(2014) Péter László Pap et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

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

(2013) Arne Hegemann et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

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

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2013) Gabriel Pigeon et al.   Ecology and Evolution

West Nile Virus Transmission in Sentinel Chickens and Potential Mosquito Vectors, Senegal River Delta, 2008–2009

(2013) Assane Fall et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Defining behavioural syndromes and the role of ‘syndrome deviation’ in understanding their evolution

(2012) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Baseline haptoglobin concentrations are repeatable and predictive of certain aspects of a subsequent experimentally-induced inflammatory response

(2012) Kevin D. Matson et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Variation with Land Use of Immune Function and Prevalence of Avian Pox in Galapagos Finches

(2012) Maxine Zylberberg et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Diversity and function of the avian gut microbiota

(2012) Kevin D. Kohl   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Independence among physiological traits suggests flexibility in the face of ecological demands on phenotypes

(2012) D. M. BUEHLER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Do immunological, endocrine and metabolic traits fall on a single Pace-of-Life axis? Covariation and constraints among physiological systems

(2012) M. A. Versteegh et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY 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

A framework for human microbiome research

(2012)   NATURE

Diversity, stability and resilience of the human gut microbiota

(2012) Catherine A. Lozupone et al.   NATURE

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

(2012)   NATURE

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

(2012) Arne Hegemann et al.   OECOLOGIA

Immune Indexes of Larks from Desert and Temperate Regions Show Weak Associations with Life History but Stronger Links to Environmental Variation in Microbial Abundance

(2012) Nicholas P. C. Horrocks et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Social status predicts wound healing in wild baboons

(2012) E. A. Archie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for a bacterial mechanism for group-specific social odors among hyenas

(2012) Kevin R. Theis et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2011) Péter L. Pap et al.   ARDEA

Pathogen Pressure Puts Immune Defense into Perspective

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

From Host Immunity to Pathogen Invasion: The Effects of Helminth Coinfection on the Dynamics of Microparasites

(2011) V. O. Ezenwa et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

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

Metaorganisms as the new frontier

(2011) Thomas C.G. Bosch et al.   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

Repeatability and individual correlates of microbicidal capacity of bird blood

(2010) B. Irene Tieleman et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Sexual dimorphism in immune function changes during the annual cycle in house sparrows

(2010) Péter László Pap et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Personality and the emergence of the pace-of-life syndrome concept at the population level

(2010) D. Reale et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Parasitism and the evolutionary ecology of animal personality

(2010) I. Barber et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

No evidence for melatonin-linked immunoenhancement over the annual cycle of an avian species

(2009) Deborah M. Buehler et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Immunity and fitness in a wild population of Eurasian kestrels Falco tinnunculus

(2009) Deseada Parejo et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Limited Access to Food and Physiological Trade‐Offs in a Long‐Distance Migrant Shorebird. II. Constitutive Immune Function and the Acute‐Phase Response

(2009) Deborah M. Buehler et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Seasonal Redistribution of Immune Function in a Migrant Shorebird: Annual‐Cycle Effects Override Adjustments to Thermal Regime

(2008) Deborah M. Buehler et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

A simple method for distinguishing within- versus between-subject effects using mixed models

(2008) Martijn van de Pol et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Effects of experimentally increased costs of activity during reproduction on parental investment and self-maintenance in tropical house wrens

(2008) B. Irene Tieleman et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Elevated reproductive effort increases blood parasitaemia and decreases immune function in birds: a meta-regression approach

(2008) Sarah C. L. Knowles et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Clutch-size: A Comparative Study, with Special Reference to African Birds

(2008) R. E. Moreau   IBIS

Constitutive immune defences correlate with life-history variables in tropical birds

(2008) K. A. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Captive and free-living red knotsCalidris canutusexhibit differences in non-induced immunity that suggest different immune strategies in different environments

(2008) Deborah M. Buehler et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY