Ecoimmunology / edited by Gregory E. Demas and Randy J. Nelson.
| Other author | Demas, Gregory E. |
| Other author | Nelson, Randy J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | xii, 636 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction to ecoimmunology / 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 A. Rollins-Smith and Douglas C. Woodhams -- Immunity in primates within a psychosocial and life span perspective / Christopher L. Coe -- Maternal modulation of offspring immune function in vertebrates / Dennis Hasselquist, Michael Tobler, and Jan-Åke Nilsson -- Tradeoffs limiting MHC heterozygosity / Jason L. Kubinak ... [et al.] -- The energetics of immunity : mechanisms mediating trade-offs in ecoimmunology / Gregory Demas ... [et al.] -- 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 / Chandana Haldar ... [et al.] -- |
| Contents | Environmental challenges and the neuroendocrine mechanisms of stress-induced modulation of host resistance to microbial infection / Jacqueline W. Mays [et al.] -- Inflammation and behavior / Keith W. Kelley, Arnaud Aubert, and Robert Dantzer -- The importance of physiology for ecoimmunlogy : lessons from the insects / Shelley A. Adamo -- Interactions between host social behavior, physiology, and disease susceptibility : the role of social context / Bonnie Fairbanks and Dana M. Hawley -- Sexual selection and parasites : do mechanisms matter? / Anne C. Jacobs and Marlene Zuk -- Sex differences in immune responses to viruses / Dionne P. Robinson and Sabra L. Klein -- Immunopathology in ecological immunology / E. Rhiannon Pursall and Jens Rolff -- The evolutionary ecology of infectious disease virulence / Lars Råberg and Martin Stjernman -- Evolutionary genetics of infectious disease / Paul Schmid-Hempel. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011015733 |
| ISBN | 9780199737345 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199737347 (alk. paper) |