Boldness in anti-predator behaviour and immune defence in field crickets

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-197

  Kortet, Raine ^a,d   Rantala, Markus J ^b   Hedrick, Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anti predator response; Cost; Field cricket; Gryllus; Immunocompetence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS;

EID: 33846805798     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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