Immediate and carryover reproductive costs of infection in female but not male house finches
Katherine M. Talbott, Arietta E. Fleming-Davies, Francis E. Tillman, Cassandra M.V. Nuñez, Julia Weil, Anna A. Pérez‐Umphrey, Dana Michelle Hawley, James Stephen Adelman
This study shows that MG infection reduces female house finch reproduction both immediately and with carryover effects, while male reproduction is affected only in the short term.
bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2026 · PreprintEcology