life-history

Sex‐specific compensatory growth in the larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella

Deficiency of food resources in ontogeny is known to prolong an organism's developmental time and affect body size in adulthood. Yet life‐history traits are plastic: an organism can increase its growth rate to compensate for a period of slow growth, …

Reproduction compromises adaptive immunity in a cyprinid fish

© 2017, The Ecological Society of Japan. Vertebrates differ in their ability to mount an adaptive immune response to novel antigens. Bioenergetic resources available to an organism are finite; investment in reproduction compromises immune function …