Energy cost of ectoparasitism: the flea Xenopsylla ramesis on the desert gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus

By I. Khokhlova, B. Krasnov, M. Kam, N. Burdelova, A. Degen. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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In Ecology

1. S. Lailvaux
2. D. Irschick
3. J. Husak

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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2. S. Lailvaux
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Citations in the corpus

• Increased mite parasitism as a cost of testosterone in male striped plateau lizards Sceloporus virgatus (2007, background): “Host metabolic rate often increases in response to parasitism (Booth, Clayton & Block 1993; Kristan & Hammond 2000; Khokhlova et al. 2002; Nilsson 2003), suggesting that growth suppression may occur by virtue of an energy allocation trade-off.”
• A functional perspective on sexual selection: insights and future prospects (2006, background): “…resistance (Hamilton & Zuk 1982; Clayton 1991; Andersson 1994), and although few studies have quantified the energy costs of parasitism on male ornament expression, desert gerbils, Gerbillus dasyurus, infected with ectoparasites show a 16% increase in metabolic rate (Khokhlova et al. 2002).”