Ujvari, Beata; Madsen, Thomas - In: Behavioral Ecology 17 (2006) 1, pp. 20-24
Mounting an immune response has been suggested to be physiologically costly because of metabolic requirements of immune cells specifically and upregulation of the immune system in general. We investigated such costs in free-living water pythons (Liasis fuscus), immunized with a harmless antigen,...