Species' Life-History Traits Explain Interspecific Variation in Reservoir Competence: A Possible Mechanism Underlying the Dilution Effect

Hosts species for multi-host pathogens show considerable variation in the species' reservoir competence, which is usually used to measure species' potential to maintain and transmit these pathogens. Although accumulating research has proposed a trade-off between life-history strategies and...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 8; no. 1; p. e54341
Main Authors:	Huang, Zheng Y. X., de Boer, Willem F., van Langevelde, Frank, Olson, Valerie, Blackburn, Tim M., Prins, Herbert H. T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 24.01.2013 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Animal behavior Animals Biodiversity Biology birds Birds - genetics Birds - microbiology Birds - virology Body mass Body Size Borrelia Borrelia burgdorferi - physiology Clutch Size Clutches community Dilution Disease Reservoirs - microbiology Disease Reservoirs - veterinary Disease Reservoirs - virology diversity Eastern equine encephalitis Ecology Encephalitis Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine - physiology Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine - genetics Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine - virology Genetic Variation Health risks Horses - genetics Horses - microbiology Horses - virology Host Specificity immune defenses infectious-diseases Interspecific Life history Litter Size Local population Lyme disease Lyme Disease - genetics Lyme Disease - microbiology lyme-disease risk Mammals - genetics Mammals - microbiology Mammals - virology Medicine Pathogens Phylogenetics Phylogeny Population studies Risk factors Species extinction Species Specificity Studies transmission Variation Vector-borne diseases Veterinary Science West Nile fever West Nile Fever - genetics West Nile Fever - virology West Nile virus - physiology west-nile-virus United Kingdom > UK
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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