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DOI | 10.1007/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
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ISSN | 0029-8549 |
EISSN | 1432-1939 |
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 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | 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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