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C. J. Downs

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Ecology· 3 Physiology· 1

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 4 Assay:proteomics· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:multiple species· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Organism:human· 1

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L. B. Martin· 3 shared D. J. Becker· 2 shared E. Cornelius Ruhs· 2 shared M. B. Fenton· 2 shared N. B. Simmons· 2 shared S. J. Oakey· 2 shared B. R. Andrews· 1 shared D. V. Volokhov· 1 shared

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2020-2023 · peak 3/yr

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L. B. Martin

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4 papers

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Bat cellular immunity varies by year and dietary habit in an increasingly fragmented landscape

I. K. DeAnglis, B. R. Andrews, L. R. Lock, K. E. Dyer, D. V. Volokhov, M. B. Fenton, N. B. Simmons, C. J. Downs, D. J. Becker

The paper examines how habitat fragmentation and dietary habits affect cellular immunity and infection risk in three Neotropical bat species over three years.

bioRxiv · May 22, 2023 · PreprintEcology

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

E. Cornelius Ruhs, D. J. Becker, S. J. Oakey, O. Ogunsina, M. B. Fenton, N. B. Simmons, L. B. Martin, C. J. Downs

The paper examines how body size affects immune cell proportions in bats, birds, and non-volant mammals, finding no scaling relationship in bats but strong scaling in birds and non-volant mammals.

bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2020Physiology

Large Mammals Have More Powerful Antibacterial Defenses Than Expected from Their Metabolic Rates

C. J. Downs, L. A. Schoenle, E. W. Goolsby, S. J. Oakey, R. Ball, R. H. Jiang, K. C. Klasing, L. B. Martin

The paper compares antibacterial capacity across >160 mammalian species and finds that large mammals have less hospitable serum for bacteria than expected based on their metabolic rates.

bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2020Ecology

The impacts of body mass on immune cell concentrations in birds

E. Cornelius Ruhs, L. B. Martin, C. J. Downs

This study examines how body mass influences immune cell concentrations in birds, finding that heterophils scale hypermetrically with body mass, unlike lymphocytes and eosinophils.

bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2020Ecology