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Wolves contribute to disease control in a multi-host system
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Scientific Reports
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Tanner, White, Acevedo, Balseiro, Marcos, & Gortázar. (2019). Wolves contribute to disease control in a multi-host system. Scientific reports, 9(1), 7940. https://doi.org/10.1038/S41598-019-44148-9
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Nature Research
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2019
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[EN] We combine model results with field data for a system of wolves (Canis lupus) that prey on wild boar (Sus scrofa), a wildlife reservoir of tuberculosis, to examine how predation may contribute to disease control in multi-host systems. Results show that predation can lead to a marked reduction in the prevalence of infection without leading to a reduction in host population density since mortality due to predation can be compensated by a reduction in disease induced mortality. A key finding therefore is that a population that harbours a virulent infection can be regulated at a similar density by disease at high prevalence or by predation at low prevalence. Predators may therefore provide a key ecosystem service which should be recognised when considering human-carnivore conflicts and the conservation and re-establishment of carnivore populations
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- info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/ Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad / GL2017-89866/ES/ ENTENDER Y CUANTIFICAR EL EFECTO DE LA DENSIDAD DE UNGULADOS SILVESTRES COMO DETERMINANTE DE PATOGENOS EMERGENTES MULTI-HOSPEDADOR BAJO UNA PERSPECTIVA DE SALUD GLOBAL//
- info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/ Programa Nacional de Contratación e Incorporación / RYC-2012-11970/ES/RYC-2012-11970//
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