The effects of elevated temperature on the sexual traits, immunology and survivorship of a tropical ectotherm

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2658-2664

  Breckels, Ross D ^a   Neff, Bryan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global warming; Immune response; Ornamentation; Phenotypic plasticity; Poecilia reticulata; Sperm; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GUPPY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POECILIA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

GLOBAL WARMING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POECILIA RETICULATA; SPERM; SURVIVAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; GLOBAL WARMING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PIGMENTATION; POECILIA; SPERMATOZOA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880121442     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.084962     Document Type: Article

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