Ecoimmunology

by Demas, Gregory E. Nelson, Randy Joe

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Full title :Ecoimmunology / edited by Gregory E. Demas and Randy J. Nelson.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 636 pages : : illustrations ; : 27 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199737345, 0199737347
oclc:ocn774634515
LC Classification:QR181
Dewey Decimal:616.07/9

Introduction to eco-immunology / Gregory E. Demas and Randy J. Nelson -- Life history evolution, hormones, and avian immune function / Dawn M. O'Neal and Ellen D. Ketterson -- Sickness behavior in vertebrates: allostasis, life-history modulation, and hormonal regulation / Noah T. Ashley and John C. Wingfield -- Amphibian immunity : staying in tune with the environment / Louise Rollins-Smith and Douglas Woodhams -- Immunity in primates within a psychosocial and life span perspective / Chris Coe -- Maternal modulation of offspring immune function in vertebrates / Dennis Hasselquist, Michael Tobler, and Jan-Ake Nilsson -- Tradeoffs limiting MHC heterozygosity / Jason L. Kubinak [and others] -- The energetics of immunity: mechanisms of trade-offs in eco-immunology / Gregory Demas [and others] -- Neuroendocrine mechanisms of seasonal changes in immune function / Zachary M. Weil and Randy J. Nelson -- Pineal gland and circulatory melatonin in regulation of immune status of seasonally breeding mammals / C. Haldar [and others].

Environmental challenges and the neuroendocrine mechanisms of stress-induced modulation of host resistance to microbial infection / Jacqueline W. Mays [and others…