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The more the merrier: Conspecific density improves performance of gregarious larvae and reduces susceptibility to a pupal parasitoid

Aggregation can confer advantages in animal foraging, defense, and thermoregulation. There is a tight connection between the evolution of insect sociality and a highly effective immune system, presumably to inhibit rapid disease spread in a crowded environment. This connection is less evident for an...

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Autores principales: Rosa, Elena, van Nouhuys, Saskya, Saastamoinen, Marjo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5743493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29299251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3571