Developmental, metabolic and immunological costs of flea infestation in the common vole

• Published in: Functional Ecology
• Main Authors: Devevey, G., Niculita-Hirzel, Hélène, Biollaz, F., Candice, Y., Chapuisat, M., Christe, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: body growth; haematocrit; immuno-suppression; Nosopsyllus fasciatus; Microtus arvalis; resting metabolic rate; Keyhole; Common vole
• Online Access: https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_4E753AE03DE8; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01493.x; https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_4E753AE03DE8.P001/REF.pdf; http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_4E753AE03DE81

Parasites use resources from their hosts, which can indirectly affect a number of host functions because of trade-offs in resource allocation. In order to get a comprehensive view of the costs imposed by blood sucking parasites to their hosts, it is important to monitor multiple components of the de...