Dominance and immune function in the F1 generation of wild caught field crickets

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 701-712

  Väänänen, Sami ^a   Kortet, Raine ^a,b   Rantala, Markus J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Female choice; Fighting success; Gryllus bimaculatus; Immunocompetence; Insect immunity; Male male competition; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; INSECTA;

EID: 33748939053     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906777791388     Document Type: Article

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