Do Fleas Affect Energy Expenditure of Their Free-Living Hosts?

BACKGROUND: Parasites can cause energetically costly behavioural and immunological responses which potentially can reduce host fitness. However, although most laboratory studies indicate that the metabolic rate of the host increases with parasite infestation, this has never been shown in free-living...

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Main Authors: Kam, Michael, Degen, A. Allan, Khokhlova, Irina S., Krasnov, Boris R., Geffen, Eli
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965123/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060688
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013686
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