Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 533-543

  Feldhaar, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Holobiont; Hologenome; Multilevel selection; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIET; DIGESTION; ENDOSYMBIONT; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052865407     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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