Parental care influences social immunity in burying beetle larvae

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 395-398

  Reavey, Catherine E ^a   Beare, Laura ^a   Cotter, Sheena C ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Ecological immunology; Insect; Lysozyme; Nicrophorus; Parental care; Social immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEETLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNITY; LARVA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL INSECT;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES;

EID: 84899999149     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12099     Document Type: Article

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