Age-dependent trade-offs between immunity and male, but not female, reproduction

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 235-244

  Mcnamara, Kathryn B ^a,b   van Lieshout, Emile ^a   Jones, Therésa M ^c   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apyrene; Ecological immunity; Eupyrene; Heliothis armigera; Lipopolysaccharide; Trade off

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AGE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MOTH; NUTRITION; ONTOGENY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MOTHS; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84872596839     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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