Decreased immune response as a proximate cost of copulation and oviposition in a damselfly

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 274-277

  Siva Jothy, Michael T ^a   Tsubaki, Yoshitaka ^b   Hooper, Rowan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratory of Wildlife Conservation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Damsel fly; Immune response; Immunocompetence

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

EID: 0031658159     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.233090.x     Document Type: Article

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