Immune defense and host life history

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Zuk, Marlene ^a   Stoehr, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Life history; Parasite resistance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; TRADE-OFF;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036794054     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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