... emerging questions. Ecological immunology Reptile Vertebrate When ‘Understanding the vertebrate immune system: insights from the reptilian perspective’ was published 10 years ago (Zimmerman et al., 2010), the field of eco-immunology (see Glossary) was taking off, and dovetailed nicely...

... of Biologists Ltd 2016 Summary: Food shortage causes complex changes to the immune system, not a simple decline. Specifically, it induces immune system reconfiguration, leading to increases in some immune functions and decreases in others. Ecological immunology Nutritional immunology...

...Maxine Zylberberg ABSTRACT Ecological immunology is a rapidly growing field of study that focuses on understanding variation in immune systems across species and how this relates to species ecology and evolution. Newly developed field methods aimed at studying variation in immune function...

...Otto Seppälä; Katja Leicht SUMMARY Understanding the outcomes of host–parasite interactions in nature is in high demand as parasites and pathogens are important for several ecological and evolutionary processes. Ecological immunology (ecoimmunology) has a key role in reaching this goal because...

... Ltd 2013 inflammation ecological immunology acute phase response lipopolysaccharide LPS annual cycle birds A central premise in ecological immunology is that animals trade off investment into immune function against other competing physiological and behavioural processes (Sheldon...

...) 11 12 2009 © 2010. 2010 ecological immunology reptile innate immunity adaptive immunity The vertebrate immune system is a vastly complex network of circulating cells and molecules as well as large tissues and organs (Table 1). While composed of both innate and adaptive...