Melanism and disease resistance in insects

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 637-649

  Wilson, Kenneth ^a   Cotter, Sheena C ^a   Reeson, Andrew F ^b   Pell, Judith K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependent prophylaxis; Fungal pathogen; Melanism; Parasitoid; Phase polyphenism; Phenoloxidase; Phenotypic plasticity; Resistance

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INSECT; MELANISM;

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EULOPHIDAE; EUPLECTRUS; EUPLECTRUS LAPHYGMAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0035193509     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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