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List of works by Cynthia J. Downs

A strong response to selection on mass-independent maximal metabolic rate without a correlated response in basal metabolic rate

scientific article

Bat cellular immunity varies by year and dietary habit amidst land conversion

scientific article published in 2024

Body size affects immune cell proportions in birds and non-volant mammals, but not bats

scientific article published on 09 June 2021

Correlates of immune defenses in golden eagle nestlings

scientific article published on 01 June 2017

Does Cellular Metabolism from Primary Fibroblasts and Oxidative Stress in Blood Differ between Mammals and Birds? The (Lack-thereof) Scaling of Oxidative Stress

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Early Life Conditions and Immune Defense in Nestling Swainson's Hawks

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Effects of Selection for Mass-Independent Maximal Metabolic Rate on Food Consumption

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Intercontinental Test of Constraint-Breaking Adaptations; Testing Behavioural Plasticity in the Face of a Predator with Novel Hunting Strategies

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Macroevolutionary Patterning in Glucocorticoids Suggests Different Selective Pressures Shape Baseline and Stress-Induced Levels

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Mechanisms and methods in ecoimmunology: integrating within-organism and between-organism processes.

scientific article

Multi-Scale Drivers of Immunological Variation and Consequences for Infectious Disease Dynamics

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Selection for increased mass-independent maximal metabolic rate suppresses innate but not adaptive immune function

scientific article published on January 8, 2013

Speeding up Growth: Selection for Mass-Independent Maximal Metabolic Rate Alters Growth Rates

scientific article

Testing hypotheses in ecoimmunology using mixed models: disentangling hierarchical correlations.

scientific article published on 26 May 2014

The Effects of Body Mass on Immune Cell Concentrations of Mammals

scientific article published on 06 December 2019

The impacts of body mass on immune cell concentrations in birds

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Within-lifetime trade-offs but evolutionary freedom for hormonal and immunological traits: evidence from mice bred for high voluntary exercise

scientific article