Digest: Great tits and their ticks: Life-history traits affect tick fitness.

Autor: Matson KD; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands., de Boer WF; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands., Ottenburghs J; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands.; Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Evolution; international journal of organic evolution [Evolution] 2022 Aug; Vol. 76 (8), pp. 1914-1915. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 05.
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14543
Abstrakt: Ectoparasites such as ticks face many challenges to reproduce. They must maximize the size of their blood meal while avoiding being removed by their host. In a new study, Fracasso and colleagues followed the fate of individual ticks to determine which life-history traits impact tick fitness. Their findings reveal a complex interplay between numerous parameters, including feeding time and engorgement weight. The situation is likely even more complicated when considering vector-borne pathogens.
(© 2022 The Authors. Evolution published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Society for the Study of Evolution.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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