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Do Fleas Affect Energy Expenditure of Their Free-Living Hosts 英文参考文献.docVIP

Do Fleas Affect Energy Expenditure of Their Free-Living Hosts 英文参考文献.doc

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Do Fleas Affect Energy Expenditure of Their Free-Living Hosts 英文参考文献

DoFleasAffectEnergyExpenditureofTheirFree-Living Hosts? MichaelKam1*,A.AllanDegen1,IrinaS.Khokhlova1,BorisR.Krasnov2,EliGeffen3 1DesertAnimalAdaptationsandHusbandry,WylerDepartmentofDrylandAgriculture,TheJacobBlausteinInstitutesforDesertResearch,BenGurionUniversityofthe Negev,BeerSheva,Israel,2MitraniDepartmentofDesertEcology,TheJacobBlausteinInstitutesforDesertResearch,BenGurionUniversityoftheNegev,SedeBoqer Campus,MidreshetBenGurion,Israel,3DepartmentofZoology,TelAvivUniversity,TelAviv,Israel Abstract Background: Parasites can cause energetically costly behavioural and immunological responses which potentially can reducehostfitness.However,althoughmostlaboratorystudiesindicatethatthemetabolicrateofthehostincreaseswith parasiteinfestation,thishasneverbeenshowninfree-livinghostpopulations.Infact,studiesthusfarhaveshownnoeffect ofparasitismonfieldmetabolicrate(FMR). MethodologyandResults:WetestedtheeffectofparasitesontheenergyexpenditureofahostbymeasuringFMRusing doubly-labelledwaterinfree-livingBaluchistangerbils(Gerbillusnanus)infestedbynaturallyoccurringfleasduringwinter, springandsummer.WeshowedforthefirsttimethatFMRoffree-livingG.nanuswassignificantlyandpositivelycorrelated with parasite load in spring when parasite load was highest; this relationship approached significance in summer when parasiteloadwaslowestbutwasinsignificantinwinter.Amongseasons,winterFMRswerehighestandsummerFMRswere lowestinG.nanus. Discussion:ThelackofparasiteeffectonFMRinwintercouldberelatedtothefactthatFMRrateswerehighestamong seasons.Inthisseason,thermoregulatorycostsarehighwhichmayindicatethatlessenergycouldbeallocatedtodefend againstparasitesortocompensateforothercostlyactivities.Thequestionaboutthecostofparasitisminnatureisnowone ofthemajorthemesinecologicalphysiology.OurstudysupportsthehypothesisthatparasitescanelevateFMRoftheir hosts,atleastundercertainconditions.However,theeffectiscomplexandfactorssuchasseasonandparasiteloadare involved. Citation:KamM,DegenAA,KhokhlovaIS,Krasno

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