Experimentally increased social competition compromises humoral immune responses in house finches

Although social behavior can substantially influence an individual’s physiology, few studies have examined whether intraspecific competition compromises individual immunocompetence. We experimentally manipulated the intensity of social competition in captive non-breeding house finches ( Carpodacus m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hormones and behavior 2006-04, Vol.49 (4), p.417-424
Hauptverfasser:	Hawley, Dana M., Lindström, Karin, Wikelski, Martin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Physiological Aggression - physiology Animal ethology Animals Antibody Formation - physiology Aves Behavioral psychophysiology Biological and medical sciences Carpodacus mexicanus Competitive Behavior - physiology Corticosterone Corticosterone - blood Dominance status Erythrocytes - immunology Female Finches - immunology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hierarchy, Social Hormones and behavior House finches Immunocompetence Immunocompetence - physiology Male Population Density Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Random Allocation Sheep Sheep red blood cells Social competition Social Environment Statistics, Nonparametric Vertebrata
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