Longitudinal effects of habitat quality, body condition, and parasites on colour patches of a multiornamented lizard

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dc.contributor.authorMegĂ­a Palma, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorMerino, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorBarrientos Yuste, Rafael
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T15:14:30Z
dc.date.available2024-06-21T15:14:30Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-23
dc.description2022 Acuerdos transformativos CRUE
dc.description.abstractOntogeny is expected to be a determinant factor affecting production of colour patches in lizards, while immune challenges or sudden weight loss may impair the maintenance of pigment-based coloration within a breeding season. We translocated males of the lizard Psammodromus algirus between two sampling plots that differed in distance to a road, vegetation structure, and predator abundance. We analysed variation in spectral reflectance of their colour patches the same and the following year. The change in the reflectance of the lizard colour patches within the first breeding season was explained by the interaction between plot and treatment, but not body condition. The maintenance of the breeding coloration was impaired only in those males translocated close to the road, probably reflecting that it is a poor-quality habitat for P. algirus. The following year, lizards that produced a more elaborate coloration were those that increased their body condition and controlled some parasitic infections, although suffered an increase of others. This study shows that colour patch production is plastic in P. algirus. Lizards increasing parasites or losing weight reduced pigmentation, although habitat quality can cushion these negative effects on pigmentation. However, not all parasites constrain the investment in coloration. In fact, some increased in those lizards that allocated more pigments to colour patches. In conclusion, longitudinal studies following experimental manipulation can contribute to understand pigment allocation rules in lizards.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Biodiversidad, EcologĂ­a y EvoluciĂłn
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias BiolĂłgicas
dc.description.fundingtypeAPC financiada por la UCM
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipBioPolis
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
dc.description.sponsorshipComunidad de Madrid
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationMegĂ­a-Palma R, Merino S, Barrientos R. Longitudinal effects of habitat quality, body condition, and parasites on colour patches of a multiornamented lizard. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2022;76(6):73.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00265-022-03182-w
dc.identifier.essn1432-0762
dc.identifier.issn0340-5443
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03182-w
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-022-03182-w
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105179
dc.journal.titleBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final14
dc.page.initial1
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.projectIDCEECIND/04084/2017
dc.relation.projectIDS2018T1/AMB10374
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.cdu574.3
dc.subject.cdu597.9
dc.subject.keywordEnvironmental quality
dc.subject.keywordImmunological ecology
dc.subject.keywordMultiple infections
dc.subject.keywordPsammodromus algirus
dc.subject.keywordReproductive effort
dc.subject.keywordRoad-effect zone
dc.subject.ucmEcologĂ­a (BiologĂ­a)
dc.subject.ucmFisiologĂ­a animal (BiologĂ­a)
dc.subject.ucmReptiles
dc.subject.unesco2401.06 EcologĂ­a Animal
dc.subject.unesco2401.16 HerpetologĂ­a
dc.titleLongitudinal effects of habitat quality, body condition, and parasites on colour patches of a multiornamented lizard
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dc.volume.number76
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