Consequences of Food Restriction for Immune Defense, Parasite Infection, and Fitness in Monarch Butterflies

Organisms have a finite pool of resources to allocate toward multiple competing needs, such as development, reproduction, and enemy defense. Abundant resources can support investment in multiple traits simultaneously, but limited resources might promote trade-offs between fitness-related traits and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Physiological and biochemical zoology 2016-09, Vol.89 (5), p.389-401
Hauptverfasser:	McKay, Alexa Fritzsche, Ezenwa, Vanessa O., Altizer, Sonia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Apicomplexa - physiology Butterflies - genetics Butterflies - immunology Butterflies - parasitology Female Food Deprivation Genetic Fitness Host-Parasite Interactions Larva
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