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From: Time budget, oxygen consumption and body mass responses to parasites in juvenile and adult wild rodents

Fig. 1

Predicted and observed changes in the energy budget of flea-infested rodents. Predicted (a) and observed (b) changes in the energy budget of juvenile and adult rodents under natural infestation levels due to energy consumption of fleas and flea-induced behavioral changes (filled and empty triangles for adults and juveniles, respectively) and compensatory response by juvenile (empty arrows) and adult (filled arrows) hosts (reproduced from Munger & Karasov, [1]). All relevant components are considered, while only underlined components were directly tested during the study. Filled squares indicate the compensatory responses by adults supported, but not proven, by the results

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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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