Immune expression in a damselfly is related to time of season, not to fluctuating asymmetry or host size

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-128

  Yourth, Christopher P ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a   Smith, Bruce P ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrenurus; Damselflies; Generalist; Lestes; Melanotic encapsulation; Mites

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITISM; SEASON;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARRENURUS; ARRENURUS PLANUS; HEXAPODA; HYDRACARINA; INSECTA; LESTES; LESTES FORCIPATUS; LESTIDAE; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0036121459     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.0376a.x     Document Type: Article

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