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DOI10.1007/s00442-013-2664-1
Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes
Kiffner, Christian1,2; Stanko, Michal3,4; Morand, Serge5; Khokhlova, Irina S.6,7; Shenbrot, Georgy I.6,7; Laudisoit, Anne8,9; Leirs, Herwig8; Hawlena, Hadas6,7; Krasnov, Boris R.6,7
通讯作者Kiffner, Christian
来源期刊OECOLOGIA
ISSN0029-8549
EISSN1432-1939
出版年2013
卷号173期号:3页码:1009-1022
英文摘要

The distribution of parasites among individual hosts is characterised by high variability that is believed to be a result of variations in host traits. To find general patterns of host traits affecting parasite abundance, we studied flea infestation of nine rodent species from three different biomes (temperate zone of central Europe, desert of Middle East and tropics of East Africa). We tested for independent and interactive effects of host sex and body mass on the number of fleas harboured by an individual host while accounting for spatial clustering of host and parasite sampling and temporal variation. We found no consistent patterns of the effect of host sex and body mass on flea abundance either among species within a biome or among biomes. We found evidence for sex-biased flea infestation in just five host species (Apodemus agrarius, Myodes glareolus, Microtus arvalis, Gerbillus andersoni, Mastomys natalensis). In six rodent species, we found an effect of body mass on flea abundance (all species mentioned above and Meriones crassus). This effect was positive in five species and negative in one species (Microtus arvalis). In M. glareolus, G. andersoni, M. natalensis, and M. arvalis, the relationship between body mass and flea abundance was mediated by host sex. This was manifested in steeper change in flea abundance with increasing body mass in male than female individuals (M. glareolus, G. andersoni, M. natalensis), whereas the opposite pattern was found in M. arvalis. Our findings suggest that sex and body mass are common determinants of parasite infestation in mammalian hosts, but neither of them follows universal rules. This implies that the effect of host individual characteristics on mechanisms responsible for flea acquisition may be manifested differently in different host species.


英文关键词Body mass Fleas Infestation bias Rodents Sex
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA ; Germany ; Slovakia ; France ; Israel ; Belgium ; England
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000325819700034
WOS关键词BODY-MASS ; SPECIES RICHNESS ; DESERT RODENT ; APODEMUS-FLAVICOLLIS ; HELMINTH INFECTIONS ; HOST POPULATIONS ; SIZE DIMORPHISM ; SMALL MAMMALS ; NEGEV DESERT ; SPACE USE
WOS类目Ecology
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development ; University of California, Davis
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/179069
作者单位1.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Wildlife Fish & Conservat Biol, Davis, CA 95616 USA;
2.Univ Gottingen, Dept Forest Zool & Forest Conservat Incl Wildlife, Busgen Inst, D-37073 Gottingen, Germany;
3.Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Kosice, Slovakia;
4.Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Parasitol, Kosice, Slovakia;
5.Univ Montpellier, Inst Sci Evolut, F-34059 Montpellier, France;
6.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Midreshet Ben Gurion, Ben Gurion, Israel;
7.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Life Sci, Midreshet Ben Gurion, Ben Gurion, Israel;
8.Univ Antwerp, Evolutionary Ecol Grp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium;
9.Univ Liverpool, Sch Biol Sci, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, England
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Kiffner, Christian,Stanko, Michal,Morand, Serge,et al. Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, University of California, Davis,2013,173(3):1009-1022.
APA Kiffner, Christian.,Stanko, Michal.,Morand, Serge.,Khokhlova, Irina S..,Shenbrot, Georgy I..,...&Krasnov, Boris R..(2013).Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes.OECOLOGIA,173(3),1009-1022.
MLA Kiffner, Christian,et al."Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes".OECOLOGIA 173.3(2013):1009-1022.
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