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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Autores principales: Kam, Michael, Degen, A. Allan, Khokhlova, Irina S., Krasnov, Boris R., Geffen, Eli
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013686

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013686

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