Mating status, immune defence, and multi-parasite burden in the damselfly coenagrion armatum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-171

  Honkavaara, J ^a   Rantala, M J ^a   Suhonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coenagrionidae; Ecological immunology; Encapsulation response; Gregarine; Immunity; Odonata; Parasite; Reproductive effort; Water mite; Zygoptera

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; FAT RESERVE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MITE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; COENAGRION; COENAGRIONIDAE; HYDRACARINA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 67749084692     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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