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A further cost for the sicker sex? Evidence for male‐biased parasite‐induced vulnerability to predation

Males are typically the sicker sex. Data from multiple taxa indicate that they are more likely to be infected with parasites, and are less “tolerant,” or less able to mitigate the fitness costs of a given infection, than females. One cost of infection for many animals is an increased probability of...

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Publicado en:Ecol Evol
Main Authors: Stephenson, Jessica F., Kinsella, Cormac, Cable, Joanne, van Oosterhout, Cock
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4797162/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066240
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2049
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