Variation and covariation of life history traits in aphids are related to infection with the facultative bacterial endosymbiont Hamiltonella defensa

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 237-247

  Castañeda, Luis E ^a   Sandrock, Christoph ^b   Vorburger, Christoph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aphis fabae; Black bean aphid; Costs; Fitness; Secondary symbiont; Symbiosis; Tradeoff

Indexed keywords

APHID; BACTERIUM; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLONE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FITNESS; HOST PLANT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL ENEMY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952929235     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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