Give 'til it hurts: Trade-offs between immunity and male reproductive effort in the decorated cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 829-839

  Gershman, S N ^a   Barnett, C A ^a   Pettinger, A M ^a   Weddle, C B ^a   Hunt, J ^b   Sakaluk, S K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crickets; Gryllodes sigillatus; Immunity; Inbreeding; Nuptial food gifts; Reproductive effort; Spermatophylax; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; IMMUNITY; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; IMMUNOLOGY; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; GRYLLIDAE; INBREEDING; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS;

EID: 77951101523     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01951.x     Document Type: Article

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