Territorial behaviour and immunity are mediated by juvenile hormone: The physiological basis of honest signalling?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-163

  Contreras Garduño, Jorge ^a,d   Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a   Lanz Mendoza, Humberto ^b   Cordero Rivera, Adolfo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aggression; Calopteryx; Fat reserves; Juvenile hormone; Methoprene; Muscle mass; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; DAMSELFLY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HONEST SIGNALING; HORMONE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; JUVENILE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERRITORIALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOPTERYX; CALOPTERYX VIRGO; HEXAPODA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 58349083489     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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