The effect of insect food availability on songbird reproductive success and chick body condition: Evidence from a systematic review and meta‐analysis

EM Grames, GA Montgomery, C Youngflesh… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reports of declines in abundance and biomass of insects and other invertebrates from
around the world have raised concerns about food limitation that could have profound …

Macroimmunology: The drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defence

DJ Becker, GF Albery, MK Kessler… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence and intensity of parasites in wild hosts varies across space and is a key
determinant of infection risk in humans, domestic animals and threatened wildlife. Because …

[图书][B] Evolutionary parasitology: the integrated study of infections, immunology, ecology, and genetics

P Schmid-Hempel - 2021 - books.google.com
Parasites and infectious diseases are everywhere and represent some of the most potent
forces shaping the natural world. They affect almost every aspect imaginable in the life of …

Trade-offs between acquired and innate immune defenses in humans

TW McDade, AV Georgiev… - Evolution, medicine, and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Immune defenses provide resistance against infectious disease that is critical to survival. But
immune defenses are costly, and limited resources allocated to immunity are not available …

Reviewing the effects of food provisioning on wildlife immunity

T Strandin, SA Babayan… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While urban expansion increasingly encroaches on natural habitats, many wildlife species
capitalize on anthropogenic food resources, which have the potential to both positively and …

Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles and bacterial infection risk

DJ Becker, GÁ Czirják, DV Volokhov… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human activities create novel food resources that can alter wildlife–pathogen interactions. If
resources amplify or dampen, pathogen transmission probably depends on both host …

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation alleviates immunological stress and intestinal damage in lipopolysaccharide-challenged broilers

Y Li, H Zhang, YP Chen, MX Yang, LL Zhang… - Animal Feed Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA)
supplementation on the growth performance, intestinal integrity, antioxidant and immune …

Using host species traits to understand the consequences of resource provisioning for host–parasite interactions

DJ Becker, DG Streicker, S Altizer - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Supplemental food provided to wildlife by human activities can be more abundant and
predictable than natural resources, and subsequent changes in wildlife ecology can have …

[HTML][HTML] Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation alleviates immunological stress in lipopolysaccharide-challenged broilers at early age

Y Li, H Zhang, YP Chen, MX Yang, LL Zhang, ZX Lu… - Poultry science, 2015 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA) on the
immune function of broilers challenged with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). 192 one-day-old …

Effects of dietary Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology, inflammatory response, and microbiota of intra-uterine …

Y Li, H Zhang, W Su, Z Ying, Y Chen, L Zhang… - Journal of animal …, 2018 - Springer
Background The focus of recent research has been directed toward the probiotic potential of
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA) on the gut health of animals. However, little is known about …