When environmentally persistent pathogens transform good habitat into ecological traps
Habitat quality plays an important role in the dynamics and stability of wildlife metapopulations. However, the benefits of high-quality habitat may be modulated by the presence of an environmentally persistent pathogen. In some cases, the presence of environmental pathogen reservoirs on high-qualit...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821283/ |