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ArticleEcology and evolution2020

Fine-scale variation within urban landscapes affects marking patterns and gastrointestinal parasite diversity in red foxes.

Lisa V Gecchele, Amy B Pedersen, Matthew Bell

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of urban and rural foxes around Melbourne, Australia.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2025
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  3. The global prevalence ofInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Lisa V GeccheleAshworth Laboratories School of Biological Sciences Institute of Evolutionary Biology University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-0369
Amy B PedersenAshworth Laboratories School of Biological Sciences Institute of Evolutionary Biology University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
Matthew BellAshworth Laboratories School of Biological Sciences Institute of Evolutionary Biology University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urban areas are often considered to be a hostile environment for wildlife as they are highly fragmented and frequently disturbed. However, these same habitats can contain abundant resources, while lacking many common competitors and predators. The urban environment can have a direct impact on the species living there but can also have indirect effects on their parasites and pathogens. To date, relatively few studies have measured how fine-scale spatial heterogeneity within urban landscapes can affect parasite transmission and persistence.Here, we surveyed 237 greenspaces across the urban environment of Edinburgh (UK) to investigate how fine-scale variation in socio-economic and ecological variables can affect red fox (

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gastrointestinal parasiteslandscape fragmentationurban carnivoresurban disease ecologyurban ecologyVulpes vulpes

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PMID33391681
PMCPMC7771116

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