IMMUNOCOMPÉTENCE CHEZ LES OISEAUX LONGÉVIFS :
ÉTUDE DU COÛT DE LA REPRODUCTION LORS DU JEÛNE D’INCUBATION
CHEZ L’EIDER À DUVET (SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA)
Ce travail est basé sur les articles suivants, indexés à la fin de ce manuscrit :
I. Bourgeon, S., Criscuolo, F., Le Maho, Y., Raclot, T. Phytohemagglutinin response and
immunoglobulin index decrease during incubation fasting in female Common Eiders.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, sous presse.
II. Bourgeon, S., Raclot, T., Le Maho, Y., Ricquier, D., Criscuolo, F. Innate immunity,
assessed by plasma NO measurements, is not suppressed during the incubation fast in eiders.
Soumis.
III. Bourgeon, S., Martínez, J., Criscuolo, F., Le Maho, Y., Raclot, T. Fasting-induced
changes of immunological and stress indicators in breeding female eiders. General and
Comparative Endocrinology, 147 (3) : 336-342.
IV. Bourgeon, S., Raclot, T. Triiodothyronine suppresses humoral immunity but not T-cell-
mediated immune response in incubating female eiders (Somateria mollissima). Soumis.
V. Bourgeon, S., Raclot, T. Corticosterone selectively modifies components of the acquired
immunity in female eiders during incubation. Soumis.
VI. Bourgeon, S., Viera, V.M., Raclot, T., Groscolas, R. Hormones and humoral immunity in
king penguins during moulting and breeding fasts. Soumis.
Article non présenté dans la thèse :
VII. Bourgeon, S., Criscuolo, F., Bertile, F., Raclot, T., Gabrielsen, G.W., Massemin, S.
2006. Effects of clutch sizes and incubation stage on nest desertion in the female Common
Eider Somateria mollissima nesting in the high Arctic. Polar Biology, 29: 358-363.
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