Conservation implications of ecological responses to extreme weather and climate events

SL Maxwell, N Butt, M Maron… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Many conservation efforts now focus on mitigating biodiversity loss due to climate
change. While a focus on impacts from mean, long‐term changes in climate is warranted …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-species transmission of canine distemper virus—an update

A Beineke, W Baumgärtner, P Wohlsein - One health, 2015 - Elsevier
Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a pantropic morbillivirus with a worldwide distribution,
which causes fatal disease in dogs. Affected animals develop dyspnea, diarrhea …

Wildlife diseases: from individuals to ecosystems

DM Tompkins, AM Dunn, MJ Smith… - Journal of Animal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual
host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual thinking lacks verification …

Climate change vulnerability assessment of species

WB Foden, BE Young, HR Akçakaya… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Assessing species' vulnerability to climate change is a prerequisite for develo** effective
strategies to conserve them. The last three decades have seen exponential growth in the …

Disease ecology meets ecological immunology: understanding the links between organismal immunity and infection dynamics in natural populations

DM Hawley, SM Altizer - Functional Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological immunology and disease ecology are two relatively young disciplines that apply
ecological approaches and principles to traditionally non‐ecological fields. In both cases, an …

Wildlife health investigations: needs, challenges and recommendations

MP Ryser-Degiorgis - BMC veterinary research, 2013 - Springer
In a fast changing world with growing concerns about biodiversity loss and an increasing
number of animal and human diseases emerging from wildlife, the need for effective wildlife …

Linking macroecology and community ecology: refining predictions of species distributions using biotic interaction networks

PPA Staniczenko, P Sivasubramaniam… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Macroecological models for predicting species distributions usually only include abiotic
environmental conditions as explanatory variables, despite knowledge from community …