BACKGROUND Contagious pathogens can trigger diverse changes in host social
behaviors, rewiring their social networks and profoundly influencing the extent and pace of …

A growing body of literature has documented myriad effects of human activities on animal
behaviour, yet the ultimate ecological consequences of these behavioural shifts remain …

Humans provide supplemental food to wildlife under many contexts, ranging from
professional feeding areas for game species to backyard bird feeders. Such resources …

Social network analysis has achieved remarkable popularity in disease ecology, and is
sometimes carried out without investigating spatial heterogeneity. Many investigations into …

1. Heterogeneity in the ability of hosts to transmit pathogens is among the most fundamental
concepts in disease dynamics and has major implications for disease control strategies. 2 …

ABSTRACT A hallmark assumption of traditional approaches to disease modelling is that
individuals within a given population mix uniformly and at random. However, this …

Individual heterogeneity can influence the dynamics of infectious diseases in wildlife and
humans alike. Thus, recent work has sought to identify behavioural characteristics that …

Biodiversity loss may increase the risk of infectious disease in a phenomenon known as the
dilution effect. Circumstances that increase the likelihood of disease dilution are:(i) when …

Individual differences in contact rate can arise from host, group and landscape
heterogeneity and can result in different patterns of spatial spread for diseases in wildlife …

Multidirectional interactions among the immune, endocrine, and nervous systems have been
demonstrated in humans and non-human animal models for many decades by the …