Because most emerging human pathogens originate in mammals, many studies aim to
identify host traits that determine the risk of sourcing zoonotic outbreaks. Studies regularly …

Simple Summary A critical global health problem is microbial resistance to antibiotics. In
order to further discuss this issue and search for practical means to overcome such …

Among the most popular reasons that people feed wild birds is that they want to help birds.
The extent to which supplemental food helps birds, however, is not well established. From …

Sex‐specific physiology is commonly reported in animals, often indicating lower immune
indices and higher oxidative stress in males than in females. Sexual selection is argued to …

Animals need a well-functioning immune system to protect themselves against pathogens.
The immune system, however, is costly and resource trade-offs with other demands exist …

Human activities create novel food resources that can alter wildlife–pathogen interactions. If
resources amplify or dampen, pathogen transmission probably depends on both host …

Whilst the immune system often varies seasonally and exhibits differences between males
and females, the general patterns in seasonality and sex differences across taxa have …

In many animals, catabolic and anabolic periods are temporally separated. Migratory birds
alternate energy expenditure during flight with energy accumulation during stopover. The …

Dietary carotenoids have been proposed to boost immune system and antioxidant functions
in vertebrate animals, but studies aimed at testing these physiological functions of …

Current life history theory suggests that the allocation of energetic resources between
competing physiological needs should be dictated by an individual's longevity and pace of …