ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2021
Infection dynamics in ecosystems: on the interaction between red and grey squirrels, pox virus, pine martens and trees.
Article in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Spillover dynamics and asynchronous temporal fluctuations in host density and competence drive fungal parasite persistence in multi-host, seasonal communities.The Journal of animal ecology · 2026Article
- Exploring Metrics of Biological Diversity to Better Predict and Respond to Emerging Diseases.Integrative and comparative biology · 2025Review
- Concurrent dilution and amplification effects in an intraguild predation eco-epidemiological model.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Challenges in modelling the dynamics of infectious diseases at the wildlife-human interface.Epidemics · 2021Review
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Abstract
Ecological and epidemiological processes and interactions influence each other, positively and negatively, directly and indirectly. The invasion potential of pathogens is influenced by the ecosystem context of their host species' populations. This extends to the capacity of (multiple) host species to maintain their (common) pathogen and the way pathogen dynamics are influenced by changes in ecosystem composition. This paper exemplifies these interactions and consequences in a study of red and grey squirrel dynamics in the UK. Differences and changes in background habitat and trophic levels above and below the squirrel species lead to different dynamic behaviour in many subtle ways. The range of outcomes of the different interactions shows that one has to be careful when drawing conclusions about the mechanisms and processes involved in explaining observed phenomena concerning pathogens in their natural environment. The dynamic behaviour also shows that planning interventions, for example for conservation purposes, benefits from understanding the complexity of interactions beyond the particular pathogen and its threatened host species.
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