Increase in the substrate availability decreases phenoloxidase activity in the autumnal moth, Epirrita autumnata

Chemoecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Ruuhola, Teija ^a,b   Yang, Shiyong ^a,c   Rantala, Markus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acids; Encapsulation; Immunocompetence; Mountain birch; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77949292111     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-009-0029-3     Document Type: Article

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