Social living mitigates the costs of a chronic illness in a cooperative carnivore

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 660-667

  Almberg, E S ^a   Cross, P C ^b   Dobson, A P ^c,d   Smith, D W ^e   Metz, M C ^e,f   Stahler, D R ^e   Hudson, P J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Yellowstone Wolf Project   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grey wolf; Infection costs; Infection risk; Parasite; Sarcoptic mange; Social immunity; Sociality

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; GROUP SIZE; IMMUNITY; MITE; MORTALITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORY;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATION; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; WOLVES; WYOMING;

EID: 84931573173     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12444     Document Type: Article

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