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ArticleCurrent zoology2018

Manipulation of parasite load induces significant changes in the structural-based throat color of male iberian green lizards.

Rodrigo Megía-Palma, Javier Martínez, Santiago Merino

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

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4citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rodrigo Megía-PalmaDept Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, J. Gutiérrez Abascal 2, E-28006, Madrid, Spain.
Javier MartínezÁrea Parasitología, Dept Biomedicina y Biotecnología, Área de Parasitología. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Alcalá de Henares, E-28871, Madrid, Spain.
Santiago MerinoDept Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, J. Gutiérrez Abascal 2, E-28006, Madrid, Spain.
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales · ESUniversidad de Alcalá · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The honesty of structural-based ornaments is controversial. Sexual selection theory predicts that the honesty of a sexual signal relies on its cost of production or maintenance. Therefore, environmental factors with negative impact on individuals could generate high costs and affect the expression of these sexual signals. In this sense, parasites are a main cost for their hosts. To probe the effect of parasites on the structural-based coloration of a lacertid species

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animal communicationectoparasitesHamilton & Zukstructural-coloration

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PMID30402070
PMCPMC6007217
OpenAlexW2616518383

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