Meeting Abstract S2-10 Friday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:30 Linking immunological mechanisms and transmission consequences of tolerance in a songbird host ADELMAN, JS; Iowa State University adelmanj@iastate.edu http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/people/james-adelman Tolerance of infection, or minimizing the fitness losses for a given pathogen load, should have dramatic impacts on the dynamics of wildlife diseases. However, empirical studies of the mechanisms […]
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Landscape dynamics and immune function across a community of shrubland birds
Meeting Abstract S2-4 Friday, Jan. 4 09:00 – 09:30 Landscape dynamics and immune function across a community of shrubland birds MERRILL, L*; BARGER, AM; BENSON, TJ; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign loren21@illinois.edu Disease dynamics in wild organisms depend upon a suite of intrinsic and extrinsic factors including host competence and […]
Fueling Defense; Effects of Resources on the Evolution of Tolerance to Macroparasite Infection
Meeting Abstract S2-7 Friday, Jan. 4 11:00 – 11:30 Fueling Defense; Effects of Resources on the Evolution of Tolerance to Macroparasite Infection BUDISCHAK, Sarah A.*; GRAHAM, Andrea L. ; CRESSLER, Clayton E. ; Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges; Princeton University; University of Nebraska, Lincoln sbudischak@kecksci.claremont.edu Resource availability is a key environmental constraint affecting the ecology and […]
Discussion
Meeting Abstract S2-13 Friday, Jan. 4 15:30 – 16:00 Discussion
