Activation of the immune system promotes insect dispersal in the wild

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 541-547

  Suhonen, Jukka ^a   Honkavaara, Johanna ^a   Rantala, Markus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calopteryx virgo; Damselfly; Dispersal; Host parasite interaction; Odonata

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; MALE;

CALOPTERYX VIRGO; HEXAPODA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 77949270844     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1470-2     Document Type: Article

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