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DOI | 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02577.x |
Ectoparasite fitness in auxiliary hosts: phylogenetic distance from a principal host matters | |
Khokhlova, I. S.2; Fielden, L. J.3; Degen, A. A.2; Krasnov, B. R.1 | |
通讯作者 | Krasnov, B. R. |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
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ISSN | 1010-061X |
出版年 | 2012 |
卷号 | 25期号:10页码:2005-2013 |
英文摘要 | We studied reproductive performance in two flea species (Parapulex chephrenis and Xenopsylla ramesis) exploiting either a principal or one of eight auxiliary host species. We predicted that fleas would produce more eggs and adult offspring when exploiting (i) a principal host than an auxiliary host and (ii) an auxiliary host phylogenetically close to a principal host than an auxiliary host phylogenetically distant from a principal host. In both flea species, egg production per female after one feeding and production of new imago after a timed period of an uninterrupted stay on a host differed significantly between host species. In general, egg and/or new imago production in fleas feeding on an auxiliary host was lower than in fleas feeding on the principal host, except for the auxiliary host that was the closest relative of the principal host. When all auxiliary host species were considered, we did not find any significant relationship between either egg or new imago production in fleas exploiting an auxiliary host and phylogenetic distance between this host and the principal host. However, when the analyses were restricted to auxiliary hosts belonging to the same family as the principal host (Muridae), new imago production (for P. chephrenis) or both egg and new imago production (for X. ramesis) in an auxiliary host decreased significantly with an increase in phylogenetic distance between the auxiliary and principal host. Our results demonstrated that a parasite achieves higher fitness in auxiliary hosts that are either the most closely related to or the most distant from its principal host. This may affect host associations of a parasite invading new areas. |
英文关键词 | auxiliary hosts fitness fleas principal host rodents |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel ; USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000308645100008 |
WOS关键词 | FLEAS SIPHONAPTERA ; REPRODUCTIVE-PERFORMANCE ; FEEDING PERFORMANCE ; XENOPSYLLA-RAMESIS ; SOCIAL-BEHAVIOR ; SMALL MAMMALS ; RODENT HOST ; PARASITES ; BLOOD ; DESERT |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology ; Genetics & Heredity |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology ; Genetics & Heredity |
来源机构 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/173493 |
作者单位 | 1.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Swiss Inst Dryland Environm & Energy Res, Mitrani Dept Desert Ecol, IL-84990 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; 2.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Wyler Dept Dryland Agr, French Associates Inst Agr & Biotechnol Drylands, IL-84990 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; 3.Truman State Univ, Sch Sci & Math, Kirksville, MO USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Khokhlova, I. S.,Fielden, L. J.,Degen, A. A.,et al. Ectoparasite fitness in auxiliary hosts: phylogenetic distance from a principal host matters[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2012,25(10):2005-2013. |
APA | Khokhlova, I. S.,Fielden, L. J.,Degen, A. A.,&Krasnov, B. R..(2012).Ectoparasite fitness in auxiliary hosts: phylogenetic distance from a principal host matters.JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY,25(10),2005-2013. |
MLA | Khokhlova, I. S.,et al."Ectoparasite fitness in auxiliary hosts: phylogenetic distance from a principal host matters".JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 25.10(2012):2005-2013. |
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