Forceps size and immune function in the earwig Forficula auricularia L.

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 509-516

  Rantala, Markus J ^a,b   Roff, Derek A ^a   Rantala, Liisa M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Encapsulation rate; Immunocompetence; Lytic activity; Sexual ornament; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENCAPSULATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INSECT; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOMETRY; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DERMAPTERA; FORFICULA AURICULARIA;

EID: 33847216587     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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