ArticleEcology and evolution2016
Brood size moderates associations between relative size, telomere length, and immune development in European starling nestlings.
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- Macroimmunology: The drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defence.The Journal of animal ecology · 2020Pooled it
- Brood size is associated with apparent telomere lengthening in nestling barn swallows.Oecologia · 2023Article
- Hot and dry conditions predict shorter nestling telomeres in an endangered songbird: Implications for population persistence.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- A comparative study of litter size and sex composition in a large dataset of callitrichine monkeys.American journal of primatology · 2019Article
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- Does oxidative stress shorten telomeres?Biology letters · 2017Article
- Early-life adversity accelerates cellular ageing and affects adult inflammation: Experimental evidence from the European starling.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Brood size moderates associations between relative size, telomere length, and immune development in European starling nestlings.Ecology and evolution · 2016Article
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Abstract
For young birds in a nest, body size may have implications for other aspects of development such as telomere length and immune function. However, it is possible to predict associations in either direction. On the one hand, there may be trade-offs between growth and telomere maintenance, and growth and investment in immune function, suggesting there will be negative correlations. On the other hand, relatively larger individuals might be advantaged in competition with their nest-mates, allowing them to garner more resources overall, leading to positive correlations. We studied development over the nestling period in 34 nests of wild European starlings,
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