Wildlife diseases: from individuals to ecosystems

DM Tompkins, AM Dunn, MJ Smith… - Journal of Animal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual
host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual thinking lacks verification …

Should we expect population thresholds for wildlife disease?

JO Lloyd-Smith, PC Cross, CJ Briggs… - Trends in ecology & …, 2005 - cell.com
Host population thresholds for the invasion or persistence of infectious disease are core
concepts of disease ecology and underlie disease control policies based on culling and …

[HTML][HTML] The scaling of contact rates with population density for the infectious disease models

H Hu, K Nigmatulina, P Eckhoff - Mathematical biosciences, 2013 - Elsevier
Contact rates and patterns among individuals in a geographic area drive transmission of
directly-transmitted pathogens, making it essential to understand and estimate contacts for …

Molecular techniques, wildlife management and the importance of genetic population structure and dispersal: a case study with feral pigs

JO Hampton, PBS Spencer, DL Alpers… - Journal of Applied …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Understanding the spatial structure of populations is important in developing
effective management strategies for feral and invasive species, such as feral pigs Sus …

Ecological and evolutionary approaches to managing honeybee disease

BJ Brosi, KS Delaplane, M Boots… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Honeybee declines are a serious threat to global agricultural security and productivity.
Although multiple factors contribute to these declines, parasites are a key driver. Disease …

Network models: an underutilized tool in wildlife epidemiology?

ME Craft, D Caillaud - Interdisciplinary perspectives on …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Although the approach of contact network epidemiology has been increasing in popularity
for studying transmission of infectious diseases in human populations, it has generally been …

Estimates for local and movement-based transmission of bovine tuberculosis in British cattle

DM Green, IZ Kiss, AP Mitchell… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Both badgers and livestock movements have been implicated in contributing to the ongoing
epidemic of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) in British cattle. However, the relative contributions of …

Epidemiology and control of Mycobacterium bovis infection in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), the primary wildlife host of bovine tuberculosis in New …

G Nugent, BM Buddle, G Knowles - New Zealand veterinary …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The introduced Australian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) is a maintenance host
for bovine tuberculosis (TB) in New Zealand and plays a central role in the TB problem in …

Hidden effects of chronic tuberculosis in African buffalo

AE Jolles, DV Cooper, SA Levin - Ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases can bring about population declines and local host extinctions,
contributing significantly to the global biodiversity crisis. Nonetheless, studies measuring …

Disentangling wildlife–cattle interactions in multi‐host tuberculosis scenarios: systematic review and meta‐analysis

EM Ferreira, EL Duarte, MV Cunha, A Mira… - Mammal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological interactions involving wildlife (wild mammals) and cattle Bos taurus are
considered fundamental drivers of animal tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis …