Demographic crash associated with high parasite load in an experimental roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) population

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 621-625

  Maublanc, Marie Line ^a   Bideau, Eric ^a   Picot, Denis ^a   Rame, Jean Luc ^a   Dubois, Michel ^b   Ferté, Hubert ^c   Gerard, Jean François ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b La Barberie ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass; Food resources; Mortality; Parasite outburst; Social stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894714347     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0298-8     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Aguirre A, Bröjer C, Mörner T (1999) Descriptive epidemiology of roe deer mortality in Sweden. J Wildl Dis 35:753-762
2. Aldous S (1944) A deer browse method. J Mammal 25:130-136
3. Andersen R, Linnell J (1998) Ecological correlates of mortality of roe deer fawns in a predator-free environment. Can J Zool 76:1217-1225
4. Andersen R, Linnell J (2000) Irruptive potential in roe deer: density- dependent effects on body mass and fertility. J Wildl Manage 64:698-706
5. Arneberg P (2001) An ecological law and its macroecological consequences as revealed by studies of relationships between host densities and parasite prevalence. Ecography 24:352-358
6. Augustine D, McNaughton S (1998) Ungulate effects on the functional species composition of plant communities: herbivore selectivity and plant tolerance. J Wildl Manage 62:1165-1183
7. Cabaret J, Dakkak A, Bahaida B (1980) A technique for the evaluation of the number of lungworm first stage larvae in sheep faeces. Br Vet J 136:296-298
8. De Bosschere H, Casaer J, Neukermans A, Baert K, Ceulemans T, Tavernier P, Roels S (2006) Severe alopecia due to demodicosis in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Belgium. Vet J 174:665-668
9. Dhabhar F, McEwen B (1997) Acute stress enhances while chronic stress suppresses cell-mediated immunity in vivo: a potential role for leukocyte trafficking. Brain Behav Immun 11:286-306
10. Drozdz J, Dudzinski W (1993) Changes in the intensity of infection of the roe deer, Capreolus capreolus (L.), with abomasum nematodes in relation to host density in a hunting ground. Acta Parasitol 38:29-32
11. Focardi S, Raganella Pelliccioni E, Petrucco R, Toso S (2002) Spatial patterns and density dependence in the dynamics of a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) population in central Italy. Oecologia 130:411-419
12. Fox M (1997) Pathophysiology of infection with gastrointestinal nematodes in domestic ruminants: recent developments. Vet Parasitol 72:285-308
13. Gaillard J-M, Sempere A, Boutin J-M, Van Laere G, Boisaubert B (1992) Effects of age and body weight on the proportion of females breeding in a population of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Can J Zool 70:1541-1545
14. Gaillard J-M, Delorme D, Boutin J-M, Van Laere G, Boisaubert B (1996) Body mass of roe deer fawns during winter in two contrasting populations. J Wildl Manage 60:29-36
15. Gaillard J-M, Boutin J-M, Delorme D, Van Laere G, Duncan P, Lebreton D (1997) Early survival in roe deer: causes and consequences of cohort variation in two contrasted populations. Oecologia 112:502-513
16. Gasbarre L (1997) Effects of gastrointestinal nematode infection on the ruminant immune system. Vet Parasitol 72:327-343
17. Gill R, Johnson A, Francis A, Hiscocks K, Peace A (1996) Changes in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) population density in response to forest habitat succession. For Ecol Manag 88:31-41
18. Gulland F (1992) The role of nematode parasites in Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) mortality during a population crash. Parasitology 105:493-503
19. Kjellander P, Gaillard J-M, Hewison M (2006) Density-dependent responses of fawn cohort body mass in two contrasting roe deer populations. Oecologia 146:521-530
20. Lamarque F, Barrat J, Hatier C, Artois M (1999) Causes of mortality in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) diagnosed by an epidemiological surveillance network in France. Gibier faune sauvage 16:101-122
21. Lovari S, Herrero J, Conroy J, Maran T, Giannatos G, Stübbe M, Aulagnier S, Jdeidi T, Masseti M, Nader I, de Smet K, Cuzin F (2008) Capreolus capreolus. In: 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed 18 May 2009
22. Maizeret C, Boutin J-M, Cibien C, Carlino J-P (1989) Effects of population density on the diet of roe deer and the availability of their food in the Chizé forest. Acta Theriol 34:235-246
23. Milner J, Elston D, Albon S (1999) Estimating the contributions of population density and climatic fluctuations to interannual variations in survival of Soay sheep. J Anim Ecol 68:1235-1247
24. Mouron D, Boisaubert B, Lamarque F, Sanaa M (1998) Recensement des collisions véhicules-grands mammifères sauvages. Evolution entre les inventaires de 1984-1986 et 1993-1994. In: Havet P, Taran E, Berthos J-C (eds) Proc XXIIIrd Congr Int Union Game Biologists, Lyon, France, 1-6 Sept. Gibier Faune Sauvage. Game Wildl Sci 15(hors série/Suppl. 3):855-865
25. Mysterud A, Yoccoz NG, Stenseth NC, Langvatn R (2001) Effects of age, sex and density on body weight of Norwegian red deer: evidence of density dependent senescence. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 268:911-919
26. Pettorelli N, Gaillard J-M, Van Laere G, Duncan P, Kjellander P, Liberg O, Delorme D, Maillard D (2002) Variations in adult body mass in roe deer: the effects of population density at birth and of habitat quality. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 269:747-753
27. Raynaud J-P (1970) Etude de l'efficacité d'une technique de coproscopie quantitative pour le diagnostic de routine et le contrôle des infestations parasitaires de bovins, ovins, équins et porcins. Ann Parasitol Hum Comp 45:321-342
28. R Development Core Team (2005) R: a language and environment for statistical computing, reference index version 2.x.x. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0. http://www.R-project.org. Accessed 27 Apr 2009
29. Rooney T, Dress W (1997) Species loss over sixty-six years in the ground layer of heart's content, an old growth forest in Pennsylvania. Nat Areas J 17:297-305
30. Saint Andrieux C, Pfaff E (2007) Tableaux de chasse Cerf-Chevreuil-Sanglier. Saison 2005-2006. http://www.oncfs.gouv.fr/events/point_faune/mammifere/2007/FS276_TC_cerf_chevreuil_sanglier0506.pdf. Accessed 27 Apr 2009
31. Salak-Johnson J, McGlone J (2007) Making sense of apparently conflicting data: stress and immunity in swine and cattle. J Anim Sci 85(E suppl):E81-E88
32. Segerstrom S, Miller G (2004) Psychological stress and the human immune system: a meta-analytic study of 30 years of inquiry. Psychol Bull 130:601-630
33. Sinclair J, Lochmiller R (2000) The winter immunoenhancement hypothesis: associations among immunity, density, and survival in prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) populations. Can J Zool 78:254-264
34. Solberg E, Jordhoy P, Strand O, Aanes R, Loison A, Saether B-E, Linnell J (2001) Effects of density-dependence and climate on the dynamics of a Svalbard reindeer population. Ecography 24:441-451
35. Stewart K, Bowyer T, Dick B, Johnson B, Kie J (2005) Density- dependent effects on physical condition and reproduction in North American elk: an experimental test. Oecologia 143:58-93
36. Stien A, Irvine R, Ropstad E, Halvorsen O, Langvatn R, Albon S (2002) The impact of gastrointestinal nematodes on wild reindeer: experimental and cross-sectional studies. J Anim Ecol 71:937-946
37. Terrier M-E (2005) Bilan de l'étude de la mortalité anormale du chevreuil en 1999-2000. http://www.oncfs.gouv.fr/events/point_faune/suivi-sanitaire/2005/bilan_emac1105.pdf. Accessed 27 Apr 2009
38. Toïgo C, Gaillard J-M, Van Laere G, Hewison M, Morellet N (2006) How does environmental variation influence body mass, body size and body condition? Roe deer as a case study. Ecography 29:301-308
39. Vincent J-P, Bideau E, Hewison M, Angibault J-M (1995) The influence of increasing density on body weight, kid production, home range and winter grouping in roe deer Capreolus capreolus. J Zool Lond 236:371-382
40. Zaffaroni E, Citterio C, Sala M, Lauzi S (1997) Impact of abomasal nematodes on roe deer and chamois body condition in an alpine environment. Parasitologia 39:313-317