| dc.contributor.author | Stewart, Emily Claire | |
| dc.description.abstract | social
species,
dominance
rank
has
implications
for
an
individual’s
health
and
fitness.
Dominant
individuals
often
receive
greater
access
to
resources,
protection
from
predators,
higher
quality
territories,
and
increased
reproductive
success.
Because
of
these
advantages,
dominance
rank
could
affect
physiological
systems
such
as
immunity.
In
this
thesis,
I
discuss
two
studies
that
examine
the
relationship
between
social
dominance
and
innate
immune
function
using
black-‐
capped
chickadees
(Poecile
atricapillus).
In
the
field,
we
found
that
in
males,
a
high
dominance
score
was
correlated
with
low
immune
function
in
the
fall.
In
captivity,
we
gave
an
immune
challenge
in
the
form
of
a
lipolysaccharide
(LPS)
injection
to
the
top-‐ranked
individual
in
each
flock
and
observed
changes
in
dominance
behavior.
LPS
provided
a
significant
energetic
cost
but
did
not
alter
dominance
behavior.
These
results
indicate
a
potential
trade-‐off
between
dominance
and
immunity,
and
shows
that
a
short-‐term
illness
may
not
negatively
affect
rank. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU Policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | Relationships Between Winter Social Dominance Hierarchies and Immune Function in the Black-Capped Chickadee | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-02T18:03:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-02T18:03:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27640 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | North Dakota EPSCoR and the NDSU College of Science and Mathematics, Department of Biological Sciences and the Environmental and Conservation Science program | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | |
| ndsu.college | Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies | |
| ndsu.department | Biological Sciences | |
| ndsu.program | Environmental and Conservation Science | |
| ndsu.advisor | Greives, Timothy | |
