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The effect of energy reserves and food availability on optimal immune defence

In order to avoid both starvation and disease, animals must allocate resources between energy reserves and immune defence. We investigate the optimal allocation. We find that animals with low reserves choose to allocate less to defence than animals with higher reserves because when reserves are low...

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Main Authors: Houston, Alasdair I, McNamara, John M, Barta, Zoltán, Klasing, Kirk C
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2007
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373797/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17848371
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0934
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