Interplay between behavioural thermoregulation and immune response in mealworms

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1450-1455

  Catalán, Tamara P ^a,b   Niemeyer, Hermann M ^c   Kalergis, Alexis M ^b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Behavioural fever; Ecoimmunology; Immune response; Phenoloxidase activity; Preferred body temperature; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEETLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARVA; POLYSACCHARIDE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; TEMPERATURE; TENEBRIO; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; LARVA; TEMPERATURE; TENEBRIO;

TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 84867889461     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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