Linking anthropogenic resources to wildlife-pathogen dynamics: A review and meta-analysis

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 483-495

  Becker, Daniel J ^a   Streicker, Daniel G ^a,b,c   Altizer, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW CENTRE FOR VIRUS RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Agriculture; Foraging ecology; Host parasite interactions; Immune defence; Infectious disease ecology; Mathematical models; Supplemental feeding; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOLOGY; URBANIZATION; VIRULENCE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; URBANIZATION; WILD ANIMAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84927126395     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12428     Document Type: Review

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