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The physiological cost of male-biased parasitism in a nearly monomorphic mammal

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, April 2017
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Title
The physiological cost of male-biased parasitism in a nearly monomorphic mammal
Published in
Parasites & Vectors, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13071-017-2060-5
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Arturo Oliver-Guimerá, Carlos Martínez-Carrasco, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, María Rocío Ruiz de Ybáñez, Jordi Martínez-Guijosa, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera, Xavier Fernández-Aguilar, Andreu Colom-Cadena, Gregorio Mentaberre, Roser Velarde, Diana Gassó, Mathieu Garel, Luca Rossi, Santiago Lavín, Emmanuel Serrano

Abstract

Even though male-biased parasitism is common in mammals, little effort has been made to evaluate whether higher parasitic burden in males results in an extra biological cost, and thus a decrease in fitness. Body condition impairment and the augmentation of oxidative stress can be used as indicators of the cost of parasite infections. Here, we examined relationships between gastrointestinal and respiratory helminths, body condition and oxidative stress markers (glutathione peroxidase, paraoxonase-1) in 28 Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra p. pyrenaica) sampled in autumn. Only male chamois showed a reduction in body condition and higher oxidative stress due to parasite infection, likely because of the extremely high parasite burdens observed in males. This study made evident a disparity in the physiological cost of multiple parasitism between sexes in a wild mammal, mainly due to parasitic richness. Because of the similar life expectancy in male and female chamois, we suggest that males may have developed natural mechanisms to compensate for higher parasite loads during the rut.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 2%
Unknown 45 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 20%
Student > Bachelor 8 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 11%
Student > Master 3 7%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 10 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 24%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 10 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 4%
Unspecified 1 2%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 14 30%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 December 2017.
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#3,607,415
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#752
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#64,310
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Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#24
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