Acorn Consumption Improves the Immune Response of the Dung Beetle Thorectes lusitanicus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Verdú, José R ^a   Casas, José L ^a   Cortez, Vieyle ^a,b   Gallego, Belén ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROPHENOL OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACORN; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MANURE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THORECTES LUSITANICUS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CATTLE; DIET; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FECES; HEMOLYMPH; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; QUERCUS;

EID: 84880498473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069277     Document Type: Article

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