ArticleCommunications biology2024
Sick without signs. Subclinical infections reduce local movements, alter habitat selection, and cause demographic shifts.
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- Subtle stressors-Strong responses. Consistent negative effects of avian blood parasites on phenotypic and demographic traits across songbirds.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Pooled it
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- Environmental and nutritional determinants of non-infectious pig diseases in Armenia: An ecology-based multi-regional cross-sectional study.Veterinary world · 2026Article
- Chronic exposure to a common azole fungicide is associated with reactivation of chronicInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2026Article
- The lineage diversity, spatiotemporal distribution and pathological significance ofInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2025Article
- The 4th Dimension in Animal Movement: The Effect of Temporal Resolution and Landscape Configuration in Habitat-Selection Analyses.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Pathogen-induced alterations in fine-scale movement behaviour predict impaired reproductive success.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- First detection and phylogenetic analysis of Trypanosoma species in European wolves and bears: discovery of novel haplotypes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Linking nutritional biochemistry and trophic ecology to health of adult female California sea lions in the Gulf of California.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
In wildlife populations, parasites often go unnoticed, as infected animals appear asymptomatic. However, these infections can subtly alter behaviour. Field evidence of how these subclinical infections induce changes in movement behaviour is scarce in free-ranging animals, yet it may be crucial for zoonotic disease surveillance. We used an ultra-high-resolution tracking system (ATLAS) to monitor the movements of 60 free-ranging swallows every 8 seconds across four breeding seasons, resulting in over 1 million localizations. About 40% of these swallows were naturally infected with haemosporidian parasites. Here, we show that infected individuals had reduced foraging ranges, foraged in lower quality habitats, and faced a lowered survival probability, with an average reduction of 7.4%, albeit with some variation between species and years. This study highlights the impact of subclinical infections on movement behaviour and survival, emphasizing the importance of considering infection status in movement ecology. Our findings provide insights into individual variations in behaviour and previously unobservable local parasite transmission dynamics.
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