Variation in immune defence as a question of evolutionary ecology

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1513, 2003, Pages 357-366

  Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ecology; Immune defence; Review; Variation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

COST; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; VERTEBRATE;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037460716     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2265     Document Type: Review

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