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Recovery of constit...
Recovery of constitutive immune function after migratory endurance flight in free-living birds
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- Eikenaar, Cas (author)
- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”
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- Ostolani, Alessia (author)
- University of Pisa
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- Hessler, Sven (author)
- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”
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- Ye, Ellen Y. (author)
- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”
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- Hegemann, Arne (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Enhet akvatisk ekologi,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Akvatisk ekologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Ekologisk och evolutionär fysiologi,Molekylär ekologi och evolution,CAnMove - Centrum för forskning om djurs spridning och flyttning,Division aquatic ecology,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science,Aquatic Ecology,Lund University Research Groups,Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology,Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab,CAnMove - Centre for Animal Movement Research
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- 2023-02-15
- 2023
- English 5 s.
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In: Biology letters. - : The Royal Society. - 1744-9561 .- 1744-957X. ; 19:2
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Abstract
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- Strenuous physical activity can negatively affect constitutive innate immune function (CIF), the always present first line of defence against pathogens. CIF is non-specific, and thus vital when encountering novel pathogens. A lowered CIF likely increases the risk of infection and disease. Migratory birds engage in truly extreme physical activity during their endurance flights, however, little is known about how they deal with the negative impact this has on their immune function. By collecting both between- and within-individual data we show, for the first time, that free-flying migratory birds can recover several parameters of CIF during stopovers, which are stationary periods in between migratory flights. With this, we provide an important piece of the puzzle on how migrating birds cope with the physiological challenges they face on their biannual journeys. Furthermore, our study stresses the importance of migratory stopovers beyond fuel accumulation.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Etologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Behavioural Sciences Biology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Zoologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Zoology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- agglutination
- bacterial killing
- eco-immunology
- lysis
- migration
- physiological recovery
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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