Inter- and intra-sexual variation in immune defence in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae L. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-193

  Stoehr, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Encapsulation; Immunocompetence; Life history; Melanin; Reproductive effort; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BUTTERFLY; ENCAPSULATION; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANIN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TRADE-OFF;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 33947652235     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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