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DOI | 10.1086/666988 |
Immune Indexes of Larks from Desert and Temperate Regions Show Weak Associations with Life History but Stronger Links to Environmental Variation in Microbial Abundance | |
Horrocks, Nicholas P. C.1; Hegemann, Arne1; Matson, Kevin D.1; Hine, Kathryn1,2; Jaquier, Sophie1; Shobrak, Mohammed3; Williams, Joseph B.4; Tinbergen, Joost M.1; Tieleman, B. Irene1 | |
通讯作者 | Horrocks, Nicholas P. C. |
来源期刊 | PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY
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ISSN | 1522-2152 |
EISSN | 1537-5293 |
出版年 | 2012 |
卷号 | 85期号:5页码:504-515 |
英文摘要 | Immune defense may vary as a result of trade-offs with other life-history traits or in parallel with variation in antigen levels in the environment. We studied lark species (Alaudidae) in the Arabian Desert and temperate Netherlands to test opposing predictions from these two hypotheses. Based on their slower pace of life, the trade-off hypothesis predicts relatively stronger immune defenses in desert larks compared with temperate larks. However, as predicted by the antigen exposure hypothesis, reduced microbial abundances in deserts should result in desert-living larks having relatively weaker immune defenses. We quantified host-independent and host-dependent microbial abundances of culturable microbes in ambient air and from the surfaces of birds. We measured components of immunity by quantifying concentrations of the acute-phase protein haptoglobin, natural antibody-mediated agglutination titers, complement-mediated lysis titers, and the microbicidal ability of whole blood. Desert-living larks were exposed to significantly lower concentrations of airborne microbes than temperate larks, and densities of some bird-associated microbes were also lower in desert species. Haptoglobin concentrations and lysis titers were also significantly lower in desert-living larks, but other immune indexes did not differ. Thus, contrary to the trade-off hypothesis, we found little evidence that a slow pace of life predicted increased immunological investment. In contrast, and in support of the antigen exposure hypothesis, associations between microbial exposure and some immune indexes were apparent. Measures of antigen exposure, including assessment of host-independent and host-dependent microbial assemblages, can provide novel insights into the mechanisms underlying immunological variation. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Netherlands ; Switzerland ; Saudi Arabia ; USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000308067900010 |
WOS关键词 | TROPICAL BIRDS ; TRADE-OFFS ; ECOLOGICAL IMMUNOLOGY ; ATMOSPHERIC BACTERIA ; AIRBORNE PARTICLES ; ARABIAN DESERT ; DEFENSE ; HAPTOGLOBIN ; INVESTMENT ; DIVERSITY |
WOS类目 | Physiology ; Zoology |
WOS研究方向 | Physiology ; Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/174404 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Groningen, Anim Ecol Grp, Ctr Evolutionary & Ecol Studies, NL-9700 CC Groningen, Netherlands; 2.Univ Lausanne Sorge, Dept Ecol & Evolut, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; 3.Taif Univ, Dept Biol, Coll Sci, At Taif 21974, Saudi Arabia; 4.Ohio State Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Organismal Biol, Columbus, OH 43210 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Horrocks, Nicholas P. C.,Hegemann, Arne,Matson, Kevin D.,et al. Immune Indexes of Larks from Desert and Temperate Regions Show Weak Associations with Life History but Stronger Links to Environmental Variation in Microbial Abundance[J],2012,85(5):504-515. |
APA | Horrocks, Nicholas P. C..,Hegemann, Arne.,Matson, Kevin D..,Hine, Kathryn.,Jaquier, Sophie.,...&Tieleman, B. Irene.(2012).Immune Indexes of Larks from Desert and Temperate Regions Show Weak Associations with Life History but Stronger Links to Environmental Variation in Microbial Abundance.PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY,85(5),504-515. |
MLA | Horrocks, Nicholas P. C.,et al."Immune Indexes of Larks from Desert and Temperate Regions Show Weak Associations with Life History but Stronger Links to Environmental Variation in Microbial Abundance".PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY 85.5(2012):504-515. |
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