Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago
Non-random assemblages have been described as a common pattern of flea co-occurrence across mainland host species. However, to date, patterns of flea co-occurrence on islands are unknown. The present work investigates, on one hand, whether the decrease in the number of species on islands affects the...
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ftcirad:oai:agritrop.cirad.fr:578571 2023-05-15T18:05:27+02:00 Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago Sanchez, Santi Serrano, E. Gomez, M.S. Feliu, C. Morand, Serge Canaries (îles) 2014 text http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578571/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578571/1/S0031182013001753a.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001753 eng eng http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578571/ Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago. Sanchez Santi, Serrano E., Gomez M.S., Feliu C., Morand Serge. 2014. Parasitology, 141 (04) : 511-521.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001753 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001753> http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578571/1/S0031182013001753a.pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html Parasitology L72 - Organismes nuisibles des animaux Mus Rattus Siphonaptera Parasitologie Modèle http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15662 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15663 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7082 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5578 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4881 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1241 article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2014 ftcirad https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001753 2022-04-19T22:47:24Z Non-random assemblages have been described as a common pattern of flea co-occurrence across mainland host species. However, to date, patterns of flea co-occurrence on islands are unknown. The present work investigates, on one hand, whether the decrease in the number of species on islands affects the pattern of flea co-occurrence, and on the other hand, how the cost of higher flea burdens affects host body mass. The study was carried out in the Canary Islands (Spain) using null models to analyse flea co-occurrence on Rattus rattus and Mus musculus. Results supported aggregation of flea species in Mus but not in Rattus, probably due to the relationship between abundance and both prevalence and intensity of infection of the main flea species parasitizing Mus. In addition, heavy individuals of both rodent species showed the highest flea burdens as well as higher species richness, probably due to the continued accumulation of fleas throughout life and/or immunological resistance mechanisms. Whatever the mechanisms involved, it is clear that co-occurrence and high parasite intensities do not imply a detrimental biological cost for the rodents of the Canary Islands. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus CIRAD: Agritrop (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) Parasitology 141 4 511 521 |
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Non-random assemblages have been described as a common pattern of flea co-occurrence across mainland host species. However, to date, patterns of flea co-occurrence on islands are unknown. The present work investigates, on one hand, whether the decrease in the number of species on islands affects the pattern of flea co-occurrence, and on the other hand, how the cost of higher flea burdens affects host body mass. The study was carried out in the Canary Islands (Spain) using null models to analyse flea co-occurrence on Rattus rattus and Mus musculus. Results supported aggregation of flea species in Mus but not in Rattus, probably due to the relationship between abundance and both prevalence and intensity of infection of the main flea species parasitizing Mus. In addition, heavy individuals of both rodent species showed the highest flea burdens as well as higher species richness, probably due to the continued accumulation of fleas throughout life and/or immunological resistance mechanisms. Whatever the mechanisms involved, it is clear that co-occurrence and high parasite intensities do not imply a detrimental biological cost for the rodents of the Canary Islands. |
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Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago |
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Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago |
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Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago |
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Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago |
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Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago |
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positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the canary archipelago |
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http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578571/ Positive co-occurrence of flea infestation at a low biological cost in two rodent hosts in the Canary archipelago. Sanchez Santi, Serrano E., Gomez M.S., Feliu C., Morand Serge. 2014. Parasitology, 141 (04) : 511-521.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001753 <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001753> http://agritrop.cirad.fr/578571/1/S0031182013001753a.pdf |
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