Thermal environment shapes cuticle melanism and melanin-based immunity in the ground cricket Allonemobius socius

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 521-531

  Fedorka, Kenneth M ^a   Lee, Vivian ^a   Winterhalter, Wade E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Encapsulation; Pro phenoloxidase; Season length; Thermal melanism; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRICKET; CUTICLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ECTOTHERMY; ENCAPSULATION; IMMUNITY; MELANIN; MELANISM; NATURAL SELECTION; PATHOGEN; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SONG; TRADE-OFF;

ALLONEMOBIUS SOCIUS; ARTHROPODA; NEMOBIINAE;

EID: 84875384898     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-012-9620-0     Document Type: Article

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