Unhealthy herds and the predator–spreader: Understanding when predation increases disease incidence and prevalence
Abstract Disease ecologists now recognize the limitation behind examining host–parasite interactions in isolation: community members—especially predators—dramatically affect host–parasite dynamics. Although the initial paradigm was that predation should reduce disease in prey populations (“healthy h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9918 |