Experimentally induced spermatophore production and immune responses reveal a trade-off in crickets

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 647-654

  Kerr, Angela M ^a   Gershman, Susan N ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crickets; Gryllodes sigillatus; Immunity; Life history trade offs; Nuptial food gifts; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOENERGETICS; CARBOHYDRATE; CRICKET; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; NUPTIAL GIFT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPERMATOPHORE; TRADE-OFF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS;

EID: 77951118991     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq035     Document Type: Article

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