Understanding between-host processes

Part II - Understanding between-host processes

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Kenneth Wilson: Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Andy Fenton: Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Dan Tompkins: Affiliation:
Predator Free 2050 Ltd

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baculovirus eco-evolutionary dynamics global warming host variation induced plant defences Lymantria dispar mechanistic models population cycles SEIR model Spodoptera frugiperda transmission model invasive alien species trait-mediated effects biosecurity enemy release functional responses intraguild predation biological invasion trophic interactions Trichostrongylus tenuis Lagopus lagopus scoticus population regulation physiological cost immunosuppression bird nematode oxidative stress sexual selection conservation evolution management prioritisation population decline Sarcophilus harrisii transmissible cancer DFTD Woodchester Park Meles meles Mycobacterium bovis susceptibility heterogeneity superspreader epidemiology contact rates compensatory recruitment Ovis canadensis conservation disease management pneumonia multi-host disease spillover pathogen diversity seasonality spatial structure transmission population regulation macroparasites fecundity Svalbard reindeer host–parasite dynamics experimental nematode reduction parasite life history

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Information: Wildlife Disease Ecology
Linking Theory to Data and Application
, pp. 223 - 426

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