Effect of testosterone on immunocompetence, parasite load, and metabolism in the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)

By A. Oppliger, M. Giorgi, A. Conelli, M. Nembrini, H. John-Alder. 2004

93 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Parasitology

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. José Martín
2. P. López
3. E. Cole
4. H. John-Alder
5. D. Miles
6. Daniel P. Costa
7. R. M. Cox
8. Stephanie S. Gervasi

In Global and Planetary Change

1. José Martín
2. P. López
3. H. John-Alder
4. D. Miles
5. Daniel P. Costa
6. R. M. Cox
7. Stephanie S. Gervasi
8. Ryan G Calsbeek

In Parasitology

1. H. John-Alder
2. Daniel P. Costa
3. R. M. Cox
4. J. Quinn
5. E. Cole
6. J. C. Dunn

Citations in the corpus

• Relating endocrinology, physiology and behaviour using species with alternative mating strategies (2007, background): “Similarly, common wall lizards ( P. muralis ) exhibited an increase in average metabolic rate after receiving testosterone implants (Oppliger et al. 2004).”
• Personality and parasites: sex-dependent associations between avian malaria infection and multiple behavioural traits (2011, background): “Testosterone suppresses the immune system (Oppliger et al. 2004), and male birds with higher plasma testosterone levels tend to have a higher intensity of avian malaria infection (Saino et al.”
• Costs of plasticity: responses to desiccation decrease post-metamorphic immune function in a pond-breeding amphibian (2007, methodology): “PHA challenges have been used extensively in birds (e.g. reviewed by Smits, Bortolotti & Tella 1999) and increasingly in reptiles (Svensson, Sinervo & Comendant 2001; Oppliger et al. 2004), but rarely in amphibians (Gilbertson et al .”
• Increased mite parasitism as a cost of testosterone in male striped plateau lizards Sceloporus virgatus (2007, background): “2000), some studies have found that reduced immune function following T manipulation does not necessarily lead to increased parasite load (Oppliger et al. 2004).”
• Experimental evidence for physiological costs underlying the trade-off between reproduction and survival. (2010, background): “1Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA; and 2Department of Integrative”
• Pheromones and Reproduction in Reptiles (2011, background): “These changes might be related to the immunosuppressive effect of T (Belliure et al., 2004; Oppliger et al., 2004).”