Data from: Body reserves influence allocation to immune responses in capital breeding female northern elephant seals

• Main Authors: Peck, Hannah E., Costa, Daniel P., Crocker, Daniel E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Ecological immunology; Fasting; Pinnipeds; Reproduction; Trade-offs; Nes; Nes’; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.90700; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.g1994

Mounting an immune response requires substantial energy. Ecological immunology theory predicts allocation trade-offs between reproductive effort and immune responses under conditions of energy limitation. Little is known about the impact of capital breeding strategies on energy allocation to immune...