Sex differences in immunity and rapid upregulation of immune defence during parental care in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1368-1378

  Steiger, Sandra ^a   Gershman, Susan N ^a,b   Pettinger, Adam M ^a   Eggert, Anne Katrin ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burying beetles; Encapsulation; Immunity; Life history trade offs; Lytic activity; Parental care; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXUDATION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; PARENTAL CARE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NICROPHORUS ORBICOLLIS;

EID: 81155161805     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01895.x     Document Type: Article

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