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ArticleCurrent zoology2019

Experimental manipulation of reproductive tactics in Seba's short-tailed bats: consequences on sperm quality and oxidative status.

Magali Meniri, Florence Gohon, Ophélie Gning, Gaétan Glauser, Armelle Vallat, Nicolas J Fasel, Fabrice Helfenstein

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Article in Current zoology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta-analysis.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022
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  2. The role of oxidative stress in postcopulatory selection.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Magali MeniriLaboratory of Evolutionary Ecophysiology, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0400-3420
Florence GohonLaboratory of Evolutionary Ecophysiology, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Ophélie GningLaboratory of Evolutionary Ecophysiology, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Gaétan GlauserNeuchatel Platform of Analytical Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Armelle VallatNeuchatel Platform of Analytical Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Nicolas J FaselLeibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2600-7652
Fabrice HelfensteinLaboratory of Evolutionary Ecophysiology, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
University of Neuchâtel · CHLeibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To reproduce, males have to fertilize the female's eggs, sometimes in competition with ejaculates of other males. In species where males display alternative reproductive tactics, whereby territorial males secure mating and non-territorial males have to sneak copulations, the latter might be expected to invest relatively more resources towards sperm quality compared with the territorial males. Sperm cells are especially vulnerable to oxidative stress, which reduces male fertility. Therefore, antioxidant resources are expected to modulate sperm quality, and might be allocated differently between reproductive tactics. To test the link between reproductive tactics, redox profile and sperm quality, we experimentally induced changes in the reproductive tactics of 39 captive males Seba's short-tailed bats

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alternative reproductive tacticsCarollia perspicillataoxidative stresssperm competition

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