Are all eggs created equal? Food availability and the fitness trade-off between reproduction and immunity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 800-806

  Stahlschmidt, Zachary R ^a   Rollinson, Njal ^a   Acker, Madison ^a   Adamo, Shelley A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological immunology; Egg size; Gryllus texensis; Phenoloxidase; Reproductive allocation

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; EGG; EGG SIZE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; IMMUNITY; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS TEXENSIS;

EID: 84878173245     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12071     Document Type: Article

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