A direct physiological trade-off between personal and social immunity

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 846-853

  Cotter, Sheena C ^a,b   Littlefair, Joanne E ^a,c   Grantham, Peter J ^a   Kilner, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Ecological immunology; Insect; Lysozyme; Nicrophorus; Wounding

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEETLE; COLONIZATION; EUSOCIALITY; EXUDATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRADE-OFF;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NICROPHORUS;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROCOCCUS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84879134302     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12047     Document Type: Article

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