Fitness costs associated with mounting a social immune response

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1114-1123

  Cotter, S C ^a   Topham, E ^a   Price, A J P ^a   Kilner, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Advanced Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Cooperation; Ecological immunity; Mite; Phoresy; Sexual conflict; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955962007     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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