The insect immune response and other putative defenses as effective predictors of parasitism

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1434-1440

  Smilanich, Angela M ^a,d   Dyer, Lee A ^b   Gentry, Grant L ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar defense; Costa Rica; Diptera; Encapsulation; Hymenoptera; Immune response; La Selva; Lepidoptera; Melanization; Natural enemies; Nematoda; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; INSECT PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATERPILLAR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; PARASITOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; WASPS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 66749173392     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1906.1     Document Type: Article

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