Ecological and evolutionary implications of specific immune responses

Insect Infection and Immunity: Evolution, Ecology, and Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sadd, Ben M ^a   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ecology; Immune response; Immune specificty; Insect immunity; Social insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920069176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199551354.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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