Immediate protein dietary effects on movement and the generalised immunocompetence of migrating Mormon crickets Anabrus simplex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 663-668

  Srygley, Robert B ^a,b,c   Lorch, Patrick D ^d   Simpson, Stephen J ^e   Sword, Gregory A ^e  

^a USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Encapsulation; Immunity; Katydid; Lysozyme; Migration; Nutrition; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BODY MASS; CRICKET; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN; RANGELAND; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANABRUS SIMPLEX; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 70349122469     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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