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SUBMITTER: Exposito-Granados M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5489146 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Expósito-Granados Mónica M Parejo Deseada D Martínez Juan Gabriel JG Sánchez-Tójar Alfredo A Precioso Marta M Molina-Morales Mercedes M Avilés Jesús M JM
PloS one 20170628 6
Hosts can counteract parasites through defences based on resistance and/or tolerance. The mechanistic basis of tolerance, which involve defensive mechanisms minimizing parasite damage after a successful parasitic attack, remains poorly explored in the study of cuckoo-host interactions. Here, we experimentally explore the possibility that the risk of great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius parasitism may induce tolerance defences in magpie Pica pica hosts through plasticity in life-history trait ...[more]