Natural malaria infection reduces starvation resistance of nutritionally stressed mosquitoes

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 850-857

  Lalubin, Fabrice ^a,b   Delédevant, Aline ^a   Glaizot, Olivier ^a,b   Christe, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Musee de Zoologie Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Culex pipiens; Host parasite co evolution; Life history traits; Plasmodium; Resource limitation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; COEVOLUTION; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FECUNDITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NUTRITION; PROTOZOAN; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS;

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL; AVIAN MALARIA; CULEX; DIET; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SWITZERLAND; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUCOSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LONGEVITY; MALARIA, AVIAN; PLASMODIUM; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84902544475     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12190     Document Type: Article

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