Physiological trade-offs between immunity and reproduction in the northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans)

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-274

  McCallum, Malcolm L ^a   Trauth, Stanley E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY TEXARKANA   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acris crepitans; Immunology; Reproduction; Spermatogenesis; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; FROG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TOXIN; TRADE-OFF; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACRIS CREPITANS; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 35548973386     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[269:PTBIAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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