2021
Urban rat exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides and zoonotic infection risk
Murray M, Sánchez C. Urban rat exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides and zoonotic infection risk. Biology Letters 2021, 17: 20210311. PMID: 34376077, PMCID: PMC8355682, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictors of infectionNo significant associationIncreased infection riskAnticoagulant rodenticidesOld ratsRatsSignificant associationAnimal-to-humanInfectionRodent pest populationsInfection riskRisk of pathogenic infectionPathogen infectionRiskPest populationsPublic health riskDisease ecologyHealth risksBidirectional relationshipZoonotic pathogensNatural systems
2019
City sicker? A meta‐analysis of wildlife health and urbanization
Murray M, Sánchez C, Becker D, Byers K, Worsley‐Tonks K, Craft M. City sicker? A meta‐analysis of wildlife health and urbanization. Frontiers In Ecology And The Environment 2019, 17: 575-583. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWildlife healthToxic loadHigher toxicant loadsNon-urban counterpartsWildlife populationsTaxonomic biasCommunity compositionLand useGeneralizable relationshipsParasite abundanceHealth risksPhylogenetic meta-analysisResource availabilityWildlifeParasite diversityBody conditionUrban areasUrban developmentResearch needsUrbanizationNegative relationshipSpeciesPhysiological stressParasitesUrban population
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