Immune investment impairs growth, female reproduction and survival in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-211

  Bascuñán García, Ana Priscila ^a   Lara, Carlos ^b   Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cricket; Ecological immunity; Egg; Exoskeleton; Growth; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRICKET; EXOSKELETON; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS;

EID: 75049083973     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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