An experimental heat wave changes immune defense and life history traits in a freshwater snail

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4861-4871

  Leicht, Katja ^a,b   Jokela, Jukka ^a,c   Seppälä, Otto ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Global warming; Immune function; Life history traits; Lymnaea stagnalis; Resource allocation.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889659140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.874     Document Type: Article

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