The effects of anthropogenic global changes on immune functions and disease resistance

LB Martin, WA Hopkins, LD Mydlarz… - Annals of the New York …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Humans are changing the environmental conditions of our planet, and animal immune
functions are being affected by these modifications. For instance, a diversity of chemical …

Use, misuse and extensions of “ideal gas” models of animal encounter

JMC Hutchinson, PM Waser - Biological Reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Biologists have repeatedly rediscovered classical models from physics predicting collision
rates in an ideal gas. These models, and their two‐dimensional analogues, have been used …

[图书][B] Noninvasive survey methods for carnivores

RA Long, P MacKay, J Ray, W Zielinski - 2012 - books.google.com
The status of many carnivore populations is of growing concern to scientists and
conservationists, making the need for data pertaining to carnivore distribution, abundance …

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 …

Effect of urban habitat use on parasitism in mammals: a meta-analysis

CS Werner, CL Nunn - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Rates of urbanization are increasing globally, with consequences for the dynamics of
parasites and their wildlife hosts. A small subset of mammal species have the dietary and …

Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles and bacterial infection risk

DJ Becker, GÁ Czirják, DV Volokhov… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human activities create novel food resources that can alter wildlife–pathogen interactions. If
resources amplify or dampen, pathogen transmission probably depends on both host …

Raccoon social networks and the potential for disease transmission

BT Hirsch, S Prange, SA Hauver, SD Gehrt - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Raccoons are an important vector of rabies and other pathogens. The degree to which these
pathogens can spread through a raccoon population should be closely linked to association …

Contact heterogeneity in deer mice: implications for Sin Nombre virus transmission

CA Clay, EM Lehmer, A Previtali… - … of the Royal …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Heterogeneities within disease hosts suggest that not all individuals have the same
probability of transmitting disease or becoming infected. This heterogeneity is thought to be …

Genetic relatedness does not predict racoon social network structure

BT Hirsch, S Prange, SA Hauver, SD Gehrt - Animal Behaviour, 2013 - Elsevier
Social assortativity, preferentially associating with certain individuals, is a widespread
behaviour among a diverse range of taxa. Animals often choose to associate with other …

Applying evolutionary concepts to wildlife disease ecology and management

E Vander Wal, D Garant, S Calmé… - Evolutionary …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Existing and emerging infectious diseases are among the most pressing global threats to
biodiversity, food safety and human health. The complex interplay between host, pathogen …