Wounding events (predation attempts, competitive combat) result in injuries and/or infections
that induce integrated immune responses for the recovery process. Despite the survival …

Numerous prey traits are the result of the pervasive evolutionary pressure imposed by
predators. Mirroring their fundamental role in the fitness of prey, some antipredator defences …

The immune system is crucial in responding to disease-causing pathogens. However,
immune responses may also cause stereotypical changes in behaviour known as sickness …

Among others, the global change involves a worldwide increase in cropland area, with the
concomitant rise in nitrogenous fertilizer supplementation and species range alterations …

Immune responses are intuitively beneficial, but they can incur a variety of costs, many of
which are poorly understood. The nature and extent of trade-offs between immune activity …

Animals capable of moving in different environments might face conflicting selection on
morphology, thus posing trade-offs on the relationships between morphology and locomotor …

Due to their assumed costs, simultaneous antipredator strategies are expected to face trade-
offs, which, however, could be milder in individuals subjected to a more intense predator …

Be it through predator avoidance, prey pursuit, territory dominance, mate control, or any or
the sum of the myriad of functions it enhances, locomotion is a paramount evolutionary force …

Pathogens and parasites take resources from hosts, reducing host fitness, and so acting as
important selective agents. Hence, hosts have evolved an array of mechanisms to avoid the …