Since the early 1990s, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have aggregated primary
research using meta‐analytic methods to understand ecological and evolutionary …

Urban development can alter resource availability, land use, and community composition,
which, in turn, influences wildlife health. Generalizable relationships between wildlife health …

Female ornaments are often reduced, male-like traits. Although these were long perceived
as non-functional, it is now broadly accepted that female ornaments can be adaptive …

Enteric illnesses remain the second largest source of communicable diseases worldwide,
and wild birds are suspected sources for human infection. This has led to efforts to reduce …

Avian influenza viruses pose a threat to wildlife and livestock health. The emergence of
highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds and poultry in North America in late …

There are many different factors involved in parasitism. The general concept of “filters”
proposed by Combes includes “encounter filters”(behavior, biodiversity) and “compatibility …

Afrotropical forests host much of the world's remaining megafauna, although these animals
are confined to areas where direct human influences are low. We used a rare long-term …

Despite the ubiquitous nature of parasitism, how parasitism alters the outcome of host–
species interactions such as competition, mutualism and predation remains unknown. Using …

Supplemental feeding can increase the overall health of animals but also can have varying
consequences for animals dealing with parasites. Furthermore, the mechanism mediating …

Background Fire strongly affects animals' behavior, population dynamics, and environmental
surroundings, which in turn are likely to affect their immune systems and exposure to …