Patterns and variation in the mammal parasite–glucocorticoid relationship

C Defolie, T Merkling, C Fichtel - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Parasites are ubiquitous and can strongly affect their hosts through mechanisms such as
behavioural changes, increased energetic costs and/or immunomodulation. When parasites …

Predictors of helminth parasite infection in female chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)

B Habig, S Chowdhury, SL Monfort, JL Brown… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Helminth parasite infection can impose major consequences on host fitness. Several factors,
including individual characteristics of hosts, environmental conditions, and patterns of …

Parasitism and Reproductive Effort in Male Rhesus Macaques: A Test of the Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis and the Stress-linked Immunocompetence …

S Brown - 2022 - search.proquest.com
A review of the literature showed, that across species, there is evidence of males
experiencing lower immunocompetence than females. The Immunocompetence handicap …