ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2018
Reviewing the effects of food provisioning on wildlife immunity.
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- Diverse hosts, diverse immune systems: Evolutionary variation in bat immunology.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
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- Diet-induced changes in metabolism influence immune response and viral shedding in Jamaican fruit bats.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Diet-induced changes in metabolism influence immune response and viral shedding in Jamaican fruit bats.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
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- White blood cell estimates correlate to measures of population and individual health in an endangered population of Marbled Murrelets (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Bats generate lower affinity but higher diversity antibody responses than those of mice, but pathogen-binding capacity increases if protein is restricted in their diet.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- Bats generate lower affinity but higher diversity antibody responses than those of mice, but pathogen-binding capacity increases if protein is restricted in their diet.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- Pathways linking nutrient enrichment, habitat structure, and parasitism to host-resource interactions.Oecologia · 2024Article
- First Account of the Breeding Biology of Indian Blue Robin (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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Abstract
While urban expansion increasingly encroaches on natural habitats, many wildlife species capitalize on anthropogenic food resources, which have the potential to both positively and negatively influence their responses to infection. Here we examine how food availability and key nutrients have been reported to shape innate and adaptive immunity in wildlife by drawing from field-based studies, as well as captive and food restriction studies with wildlife species. Examples of food provisioning and key nutrients enhancing immune function were seen across the three study type distinctions, as were cases of trace metals and pharmaceuticals impairing the immunity of wildlife species. More generally, food provisioning in field studies tended to increase innate and adaptive responses to certain immune challenges, whereas patterns were less clear in captive studies. Mild food restriction often enhanced, whereas severe food restriction frequently impaired immunity. However, to enable stronger conclusions we stress a need for further research, especially field studies, and highlight the importance of integrating nutritional manipulation, immune challenge, and functional outcomes. Despite current gaps in research on this topic, modern high throughput molecular approaches are increasingly feasible for wildlife studies and offer great opportunities to better understand human influences on wildlife health.This article is part of the theme issue 'Anthropogenic resource subsidies and host-parasite dynamics in wildlife'.
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