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Hidden cost of disease in a free‐ranging ungulate: brucellosis reduces mid‐winter pregnancy in elk

Demonstrating disease impacts on the vital rates of free‐ranging mammalian hosts typically requires intensive, long‐term study. Evidence for chronic pathogens affecting reproduction but not survival is rare, but has the potential for wide‐ranging effects. Accurately quantifying disease‐associated re...

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Autores principales: Cotterill, Gavin G., Cross, Paul C., Middleton, Arthur D., Rogerson, Jared D., Scurlock, Brandon M., du Toit, Johan T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30519402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4521