Short-term larval food stress and associated compensatory growth reduce adult immune function in a damselfly

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 796-801

  De Block, Marjan ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carry over costs; Compensatory growth; Ecological immunology; Life history plasticity; Rapid growth; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPENSATION; DAMSELFLY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STARVATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; CHALCOLESTES VIRIDIS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 55349088641     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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