Overwinter survival depends on immune defence and body length in male Aquarius najas water striders

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-51

  Krams, Indrikis ^a,b,c   Daukšte, Janina ^a   Kivleniece, Inese ^a   Krama, Tatjana ^a   Rantala, Markus J ^b  

^a DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Diapause; Encapsulation; Fat reserves; Gerridae; Heteroptera; Immunity; Lipid

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIAPAUSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENCAPSULATION; FITNESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; LIPID; MALE; OVERWINTERING; PARASITOID; POLYMER; SURVIVAL;

AQUARIUS NAJAS; GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 79958847756     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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