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ArticleBiology letters2018

Alternative reproductive strategies in white-throated sparrows are associated with differences in parasite load following experimental infection.

R J Boyd, T R Kelly, S A MacDougall-Shackleton, E A MacDougall-Shackleton

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Article in Biology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R J BoydBiology Department, Advanced Facility for Avian Research, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7.
T R KellyBiology Department, Advanced Facility for Avian Research, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7.
S A MacDougall-ShackletonBiology Department, Advanced Facility for Avian Research, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7.
E A MacDougall-ShackletonBiology Department, Advanced Facility for Avian Research, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7 emacdoug@uwo.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-4138-6398
Western University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune defences often trade off with other life-history components. Within species, optimal allocation to immunity may differ between the sexes or between alternative life-history strategies. White-throated sparrows (

Indexed as

AggressionAndrogensAnimalsBehavior, AnimalFeathersFemaleMalariaMaleParasite LoadPhenotypePigmentationPlasmodiumSex CharacteristicsSparrowsAndrogensalternative reproductive strategiesavian malariahost–parasite interactionsimmunocompetence handicap hypothesisplasmodiumZonotrichia albicollis

Identifiers

PMID29973391
PMCPMC6083222
OpenAlexW2809690084

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