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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 7, 期 11, 页码 3645-3656出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2788
关键词
Ecoimmunology; Gulf of Guinea; island adaptations; oceanic islands
资金
- FEDER
- COMPETE
- Portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-028312, PTDC/BIA-BIC/4556/2012]
- National Geographic Society [W251-12]
- British Ecological Society [369/4558]
- French Languedoc Roussillon Region
- FCT [SFRH/BPD/80214/2011, SFRH/BPD/46407/2008]
- IF Fellowships [IF/01411/2014/CP1256/CT0007]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/46407/2008, SFRH/BPD/80214/2011, PTDC/BIA-BIC/4556/2012] Funding Source: FCT
Oceanic islands share several environmental characteristics that have been shown to drive convergent evolutionary changes in island organisms. One change that is often assumed but has seldom been examined is the evolution of weaker immune systems in island species. The reduction in species richness on islands is expected to lead to a reduced parasite pressure and, given that immune function is costly, island animals should show a reduced immune response. However, alternative hypotheses exist; for example, the slower pace of life on islands could favor the reorganization of the immune system components (innate vs. acquired immunity) on islands. Thus far, few island species have been studied and no general patterns have emerged. Here, we compared two immune parameters of birds from SAo Tome and Principe islands to those of their close relatives at similar latitudes on the mainland (Gabon, West Africa). On islands, the acquired humoral component (total immunoglobulins) was lower for most species, whereas no clear pattern was detected for the innate component (haptoglobin levels). These different responses did not seem to arise from a reorganization of the two immune components, as both total immunoglobulins and haptoglobin levels were positively associated. This work adds to the few empirical studies conducted so far which suggest that changes in immune parameters in response to insularity are not as straightforward as initially thought.
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