Isolation from a marching band increases haemocyte density in wild locusts (Chortoicetes terminifera)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 236-239

  Miller, Gabriel A ^a,b,c   Simpson, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian plague locusts; Ecological immunity; Haemocyte count; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOCUST; NEMATODE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; WILD POPULATION;

CHORTOICETES TERMINIFERA; NEMATODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 77951198261     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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