2020
Landscape-level toxicant exposure mediates infection impacts on wildlife populations
Sánchez C, Altizer S, Hall R. Landscape-level toxicant exposure mediates infection impacts on wildlife populations. Biology Letters 2020, 16: 20200559. PMID: 33202181, PMCID: PMC7728674, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of toxicantsContaminated habitatsWildlife populationsToxicant exposureSublethal effects of toxicantsDensity of infected hostsAnthropogenic landscape modificationImpact of pathogensWildlife movementUncontaminated habitatsSublethal effectsHost declinesLandscape modificationWildlife diseasesWildlifeHabitatExposure riskUrban landscapeLandscapeHost populationsHealth effectsToxic effectsHost healthPathogen transmissionReduced survival
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
2018
On the relationship between body condition and parasite infection in wildlife: a review and meta‐analysis
Sánchez C, Becker D, Teitelbaum C, Barriga P, Brown L, Majewska A, Hall R, Altizer S. On the relationship between body condition and parasite infection in wildlife: a review and meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters 2018, 21: 1869-1884. PMID: 30369000, DOI: 10.1111/ele.13160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody conditionCondition metricsBody condition metricsCosts of parasite infectionPredictors of variationWildlife systemsHost thermoregulationNegative relationshipEvaluated body conditionHost-parasite biologyWildlifeStudy of parasitesParasite impactEcologistsAnimal hostsParasitic infectionsAnimal healthInfection statusCourse of infectionHostParasitesPeer-reviewed studies
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