Dynamics of an immune response in house sparrows Passer domesticus in relation to time of day, body condition and blood parasite infection

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Physiological mechanisms mediating costs of immune responses: what can we learn from studies of birds? (2012, background): “changes in bodymass, condition, blood parasite infection and stress (Moreno et al. 1999; Gonzalez et al. 1999b; Alonso-Alvarez & Tella 2001; Lifjeld et al. 2002; Navarro et al. 2003; Ewenson et al. 2003).”
Nestling cell-mediated immune response, body mass and hatching date as predictors of local recruitment in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (2005, background): “The time for the attainment of maximum response has also been checked (Navarro et al. 2003).”
Predation risk, host immune response, and parasitism (2004, background): “Predation risk and malarial infection Only the Haemoproteus malarial parasite was commonly recorded in the house sparrows, as in previous studies (González et al., 1999; Navarro et al., 2003).”
Elevated reproductive effort increases blood parasitaemia and decreases immune function in birds: a meta-regression approach (2009, result): “However, the fact that immune responsiveness and parasitaemia showed opposite responses to reproductive effort manipulation is consistent with the notion that a host’s responsiveness to such immune challenges is negatively associated with its ability to control parasitic infections, as has been sugg”