Immune system activation interacts with territory-holding potential and increases predation of the damselfly Calopteryx splendens by birds

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 825-832

  Rantala, Markus J ^a   Honkavaara, Johanna ^a   Suhonen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calopteryx splendens; Cost of immunity; Field experiment; Motacilla alba; Odonata; Survival

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; FIELDWORK; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TERRITORY; WILD POPULATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; LONGEVITY; MALE; PREDATION; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; INSECTS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS; HEXAPODA; MOTACILLA ALBA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 77954538394     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1582-8     Document Type: Article

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