Does immunity vary with population density in wild populations of Mormon crickets?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-610

  Bailey, Nathan W ^a   Gray, Brian ^a   Zuk, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabrus simplex; Density dependent prophylaxis; Ecological immunology; Encapsulation; Lysozyme activity

Indexed keywords

ANABRUS SIMPLEX;

EID: 47549089099     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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