Chemical ornaments of male lizards Psammodromus algirus may reveal their parasite load and health state to females (original) (raw)
Aitchison J (1986) The statistical analysis of compositional data: monographs in statistics and applied probability. Chapman and Hall, London Google Scholar
Alberts AC (1993) Chemical and behavioral studies of femoral gland secretions in iguanid lizards. Brain Behav Evol 41:255–260 PubMedCAS Google Scholar
Amo L, López P, Martín J (2004) Prevalence and intensity of Haemogregarinid blood parasites in a population of the Iberian Rock Lizard, Lacerta monticola. Parasitol Res 94:290–293 ArticlePubMedCAS Google Scholar
Belliure J, Smith L, Sorci G (2004) Effect of testosterone on T cell-mediated immunity in two species of Mediterranean Lacertid lizards. J Exp Zool 301A:411–418 ArticleCAS Google Scholar
Blount JD, Metcalfe NB, Birkhead TR, Surai PF (2003) Carotenoid modulation of immune function and sexual attractiveness in zebra finches. Science 300:125–127 ArticlePubMedCAS Google Scholar
Cooper WE (1994) Chemical discrimination by tongue-flicking in lizards: a review with hypotheses on its origin and its ecological and phylogenetic relationships. J Chem Ecol 20:439–487 ArticleCAS Google Scholar
Cooper WE, Burghardt GM (1990) A comparative analysis of scoring methods for chemical discrimination of prey by squamate reptiles. J Chem Ecol 16:45–65 Article Google Scholar
Dietemann V, Peeters C, Liebig J, Thivet V, Hölldobler B (2003) Cuticular hydrocarbons mediate discrimination of reproductives and nonreproductives in the ant Myrmecia gulosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:10341–10346 ArticlePubMedCAS Google Scholar
Figuerola J, Muñoz E, Gutierrez R, Ferrer D (1999) Blood parasites, leucocytes and plumage brightness in the cirl bunting, Emberiza cirlus. Funct Ecol 13:594–601 Article Google Scholar
Grafen A (1990) Biological signals as handicaps. J Theor Biol 144:517–546 PubMedCAS Google Scholar
Hamilton WD, Zuk M (1982) Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a role for parasites? Science 218:384–387 ArticlePubMedCAS Google Scholar
Hargrove JL, Greenspan P, Hartle DK (2004) Nutritional significance and metabolism of very long chain fatty alcohols and acids from dietary waxes. Exp Biol Med 229:215–226 CAS Google Scholar
Hill GE (1991) Plumage coloration is a sexually selected indicator of male quality. Nature 350:337–339 Article Google Scholar
Jennions MD, Møller AP, Petrie M (2001) The relationship between sexual attractiveness and adult survivorship: a meta-analysis. Q Rev Biol 76:3–36 ArticlePubMedCAS Google Scholar
Kavaliers M, Colwell DD (1995) Discrimination by female mice between the odours of parasitized and non-parasitized males. Proc R Soc Lond B 261:31–35 ArticleCAS Google Scholar
Kotiaho JS (2001) Costs of sexual traits: a mismatch between theoretical considerations and empirical evidence. Biol Rev 76:365–376 ArticlePubMedCAS Google Scholar
López P, Martín J (2005) Chemical compounds from femoral gland secretions of male Iberian rock lizards, Lacerta monticola cyreni. Z Naturforsch C 60:632–636 PubMed Google Scholar
López P, Martín J, Cuadrado M (2003) Chemosensory cues allow male lizards Psammodromus algirus to override visual concealment of sexual identity by satellite males. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 54:218–224 Article Google Scholar
López P, Amo L, Martín J (2006) Reliable signaling by chemical cues of male traits and health state in male lizards, Lacerta monticola. J Chem Ecol 32:473–488 ArticlePubMedCAS Google Scholar
Maksimowich DS, Mathis A (2001) Pheromonal markers as indicators of parasite load: parasite-mediated behavior in salamanders (Plethodon angusticlavius). Acta Ethol 3:83–87 Article Google Scholar
Martin LB II, Han P, Lewittes J, Kuhlman JR, Klasing KC, Wikelski M (2006) Phytohemagglutinin-induced skin swelling in birds: histological support for a classic immunoecological technique. Funct Ecol 20:290–299 Article Google Scholar
Martín J, Forsman A (1999) Social costs and development of nuptial coloration in male Psammodromus algirus lizards: an experiment. Behav Ecol 10:396–400 Article Google Scholar
Martín J, López P (2000) Chemoreception, symmetry and mate choice in lizards. Proc R Soc Lond B 267:1265–1269 Article Google Scholar
Martín J, López P (2006a) Age-related variation in lipophilic chemical compounds from femoral gland secretions of male lizards Psammodromus algirus. Biochem Syst Ecol 34:691–697 ArticleCAS Google Scholar
Martín J, López P (2006b) Links between male quality, male chemical signals, and female mate choice in Iberian rock lizards. Ecol Funct 20:1087–1096 Article Google Scholar
Martín J, López P (2006c) Vitamin D supplementation increases the attractiveness of males’ scent for female Iberian rock lizards. Proc R Soc Lond B 273:2619–2624 ArticleCAS Google Scholar
Mason RT (1992) Reptilian pheromones In: Gans C, Crews D (eds) Biology of the Reptilia, vol 18. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp 114–228 Google Scholar
Olsson M, Madsen T, Nordby J, Wapstra E, Ujvari B, Wittsell H (2003) Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards. Proc R Soc Lond B 270(Suppl):S254–S256 ArticleCAS Google Scholar
Oppliger A, Celerier ML, Clobert J (1996) Physiological and behaviour changes in common lizards parasited by haemogregarines. Parasitology 113:433–438 Article Google Scholar
Penn DJ, Potts WK (1998) Chemical signals and parasite mediated sexual selection. Trends Ecol Evol 13:391–396 Article Google Scholar
Penn DJ, Schneider G, White K, Slev P, Potts W (1998) Influenza infection neutralizes the attractiveness of male odor to female mice (Mus musculus). Ethology 104:685–694 Article Google Scholar
Pérez-Mellado V (1998) Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Ramos MA (ed) Fauna Ibérica, vol 10. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, pp 307–318 Google Scholar
Pomiankowski AN (1988) The evolution of female mate preferences for male genetic quality. Oxf Surv Evol Biol 5:136–184 Google Scholar
Rantala MJ, Jokinen I, Kortet R, Vainikka A, Suhonen J (2002) Do pheromones reveal male immunocompetence? Proc R Soc Lond B 269:1681–1685 Article Google Scholar
Rantala MJ, Kortet R, Kotiaho JS, Vainikka A, Suhonen J (2003) Condition dependence of pheromones and immune function in the grain beetle Tenebrio molitor. Funct Ecol 17:534–540 Article Google Scholar
Saks L, Ots I, Hõrak P (2003) Carotenoid-based plumage coloration of male greenfinches reflects health and immunocompetence. Oecologia 134:301–307 PubMed Google Scholar
Salvador A, Martín J, López P (1995) Tail loss reduces home range size and access to females in male lizards, Psammodromus algirus. Behav Ecol 6:382–387 Article Google Scholar
Salvador A, Veiga JP, Martín J, López P, Abelenda M, Puerta M (1996) The cost of producing a sexual signal: testosterone increases the susceptibility of male lizards to ectoparasitic infestation. Behav Ecol 7:145–150 Article Google Scholar
Salvador A, Veiga JP, Civantos E (1999) Do skin pockets of lizards reduce the deleterious effects of ectoparasites? An experimental study with Psammodromus algirus. Herpetologica 55:1–7 Google Scholar
Sheldon BC, Verhulst S (1996) Ecological immunology: costly parasite defence and trade-offs in evolutionary ecology. Trends Ecol Evol 11:317–321 Article Google Scholar
Smits JE, Bortolotti GR, Tella JL (1999) Simplifying the phytohaemagglutinin skin-testing technique in studies of avian immunocompetence. Funct Ecol 13:567–572 Article Google Scholar
Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1995) Biometry. Freeman, New York Google Scholar
Veiga JP, Salvador A, Merino S, Puerta M (1998) Reproductive effort affects immune response and parasite infection in a lizard: a phenotypic manipulation using testosterone. Oikos 82:313–318 ArticleCAS Google Scholar
Wedekind C (1992) Detailed information about parasites revealed by sexual ornamentation. Proc R Soc Lond B 247:169–174 Article Google Scholar
Wedekind C, Folstad I (1994) Adaptive or nonadaptive immunosuppression by sex hormones? Am Nat 143:936–938 Article Google Scholar
Westneat DF, Birkhead TR (1998) Alternative hypothesis linking the immune system and mate choice for good genes. Proc R Soc Lond B 265:1065–1073 Article Google Scholar
Willis C, Poulin R (2000) Preference of female rats for the odours of non-parasitized males: the smell of good genes. Folia Parasitol 47:6–10 PubMedCAS Google Scholar
Wintrobe MM (1991) Clinical haematology. Lea and Feiberger, Philadelphia Google Scholar