supported by Israel Science Foundation(grant 548/23 to BRK and ISK).
We studied spatial variation in the effects of environment and network size on species positions and roles in multiple flea–mammal networks from four biogeographic realms.We asked whether species positions(measured a...
We are grateful to the grant supported by Science and Technology Service Network Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-STS-ZDTP-2021-002).
Rodent pests not only cause severe agricultural loss but also spread zoonotic pathogens to human beings.Antico-agulant rodenticides are widely used to decrease the population densities of rodents but often lead to the...
Cryptococcus is a yeast typically found in bird feces such as pigeon droppings. Infection may occur through inhalation of spores or via direct inoculation into the skin. Typically there is a history of immunosuppressi...
We tested for the effects of latitude and geographic range size(GRS)on body size,leg length,and sexual size dimorphism(SSD)across 103 species offleas,taking into account phylogenetic between-species relationships.When ...
supported by the“Sonatina”grant no.2020/36/C/NZ8/00013;M.Z.by the“Preludium”grant no.2016/21/N/NZ8/01059;R.Z.by the“Harmonia”grant no.2018/30/M/NZ8/0052。
Mast seeding causes strongfluctuations in populations of forest animals.Thus,this phenomenon can be used as a natural experiment to examine how variation in host abundance affects parasite loads.We investigatedfleas inf...
supported by two projects in the National Plan of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competition(CGL2014-55969-P and CGL2017-84938-P);the Andalusian government(A-RNM-48-UGR20);financed with FEDER funds from the European Union(EU);funded by Erasmus+grants from the EU;supported by a FPU pre-doctoral contract from the Spanish Ministry of Education(FPU18/03034)。
Several ectoparasites parasitise nestlings decreasing their body condition,growth and survival.To minimise any loss of fitness due to ectoparasites,birds have developed a wide variety of defence mechanisms,potentially...
supported by Israel Science Foundation(grant 149/17 to ISK and BRK).
We investigated the performance trade-offs of fleas(Siphonaptera)while adapting to a novel host using two host generalists(Xenopsylla conformis and Xenopsylla ramesis)and one host specialist(Parapulex chephrenis)maint...
Plague,caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium,has several foci scattered throughout a large area from the Brazilian territory that ranges from the Northeastern State of Cearáto the Southeastern State ofMinas Gerais ...
This work was supported by a Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy grant(2018-SB-024-18SSEOC049-PMG7-SSA5-IPMMADAGASCAR)covering the project“Développement de contre-mesures médicalesàla pesteàMadagascar”with scientific support of IRBA(French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute),within the framework of French MoD’s involvement in G7 Global partnership;This research was also funded in part by the Wellcome Trust[095171/Z/10/Z]and the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar.For the purpose of Open Access,the authors have applied a CC BY public copyright license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission;K.S.was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council(BBSRC)under the EastBio DTP(grant number BB/M010996/1).
Rodents represent a serious threat to food security and public health.The extent to which rodent control can mitigate the risk from rodent-borne disease depends on both the effectiveness of control in reducing rodent ...
The article““Fluidic Diode”for Passive Unidirectional Liquid Transport Bioinspired by the Spermathecae of Fleas”,written by Gerda Buchberger,Alexander Kogler,Agnes Weth,Richard Baumgartner,Philipp Comanns,Siegfrie...