Seasonal variation in ornament expression, body size, energetic reserves, immune response, and survival in males of a territorial insect

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-239

  Cordoba Aguilar A ^a   Jimenez Cortes J G ^a   Lanz Mendoza, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

American rubyspot; Fat reserves; Immunity; Ornament; Seasonal variation; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAMSELFLY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MELANISM; ORNAMENTATION; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETAERINA AMERICANA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 60849086488     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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