Ecoimmunology

Author:

Henschen Amberleigh E.,Adelman James S.

Abstract

Avian immune systems are multifaceted and vary widely among individuals, populations, and species, all of which will affect the dynamics of infectious diseases in the wild. Historically, ecoimmunology sought to uncover the proximate and ultimate drivers of heterogeneity in immune defenses. More recently, the field has begun to interface with disease ecology, asking not only about the causes of immune variation but also about its links to within- and between-host disease processes. This chapter briefly reviews the complexity of avian immune systems, outlines theories of how and why these defenses vary, and provides an overview of both common and novel techniques in ecoimmunology. Subsequent sections highlight two research questions as critical to the synergy between ecoimmunology and disease ecology: (1) How do immune phenotypes predict individual infection outcomes? and (2) How do within-host measures of immunity inform population-level transmission dynamics?

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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