Flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole.
Parasitism is often a source of variation in host's fitness components. Understanding and estimating its relative importance for fitness components of hosts is fundamental from physiological, ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Host-parasite studies have often reported parasite-induced re...
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ftunivlausanne:oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_DBFC8E017F13 2024-02-11T10:02:58+01:00 Flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole. Devevey, G. Christe, P. 2009 application/pdf https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_DBFC8E017F13 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182009990746 https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_DBFC8E017F13.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_DBFC8E017F132 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/S0031182009990746 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/19660158 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/0031-1820 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/urn/urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_DBFC8E017F132 https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_DBFC8E017F13 doi:10.1017/S0031182009990746 https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_DBFC8E017F13.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_DBFC8E017F132 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copying allowed only for non-profit organizations https://serval.unil.ch/disclaimer Parasitology, vol. 136, no. 11, pp. 1351-5 info:eu-repo/semantics/article article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2009 ftunivlausanne https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182009990746 2024-01-22T00:57:21Z Parasitism is often a source of variation in host's fitness components. Understanding and estimating its relative importance for fitness components of hosts is fundamental from physiological, ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Host-parasite studies have often reported parasite-induced reduction of host fecundity, whereas the effect of parasitism on host survival has been largely neglected. Here, we experimentally investigated the effect of infestation by rat fleas (Nosopsyllus fasciatus) on the life span of wild-derived male common voles (Microtus arvalis) bred in captivity. We found that the mean life span of parasitized voles was reduced by 36% compared to control voles. Parasitized voles had a smaller body size, but a relatively larger heart and spleen than control voles. These results indicate an effect of flea infestation on host life span and our findings strongly suggest that ectoparasites should be taken into account in the studies of host population dynamics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Common vole Microtus arvalis Université de Lausanne (UNIL): Serval - Serveur académique lausannois Parasitology 136 11 1351 1355 |
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Parasitism is often a source of variation in host's fitness components. Understanding and estimating its relative importance for fitness components of hosts is fundamental from physiological, ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Host-parasite studies have often reported parasite-induced reduction of host fecundity, whereas the effect of parasitism on host survival has been largely neglected. Here, we experimentally investigated the effect of infestation by rat fleas (Nosopsyllus fasciatus) on the life span of wild-derived male common voles (Microtus arvalis) bred in captivity. We found that the mean life span of parasitized voles was reduced by 36% compared to control voles. Parasitized voles had a smaller body size, but a relatively larger heart and spleen than control voles. These results indicate an effect of flea infestation on host life span and our findings strongly suggest that ectoparasites should be taken into account in the studies of host population dynamics. |
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Flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole. |
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Flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole. |
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Flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole. |
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Flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole. |
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Flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole. |
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flea infestation reduces the life span of the common vole. |
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https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_DBFC8E017F13 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182009990746 https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_DBFC8E017F13.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_DBFC8E017F132 |
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