Effects of inbreeding and temperature stress on life history and immune function in a butterfly

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 517-528

  Franke, K ^a   Fischer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicyclus anynana; Environmental stress; Immune defence; Inbreeding depression; Insect; Stress resistance trait; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

FAT; LYSOZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT; FECUNDITY; HATCHING; HEATING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PROTEIN; PUPA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INBREEDING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; THORAX; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTERFLIES; FATS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEMOCYTES; INBREEDING; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MURAMIDASE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; THORAX; TIME FACTORS;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84873740075     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12064     Document Type: Article

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