Parasitism and survival in a damselfly: Does host sex matter?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1472, 2001, Pages 1133-1137

  Braune, P ^a   Rolff, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition dependent survival; Odonata; Sex specific mortality; Water mites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT;

ACARI; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0035821616     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1641     Document Type: Article

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