Migrating birds rapidly increase constitutive immune function during stopover
Migratory flight is physiologically highly demanding and has been shown to negatively affect multiple parameters of constitutive immune function (CIF), an animal's first line of physiological defence against infections. In between migratory flights, most birds make stopovers, periods during whi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.192031 |