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Elevational variation in body-temperature response to immune challenge in a lizard

Immunocompetence benefits animal fitness by combating pathogens, but also entails some costs. One of its main components is fever, which in ectotherms involves two main types of costs: energy expenditure and predation risk. Whenever those costs of fever outweigh its benefits, ectotherms are expected...

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Pubblicato in:PeerJ
Autori principali: Zamora-Camacho, Francisco Javier, Reguera, Senda, Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: PeerJ Inc. 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860334/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168981
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1972
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