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Barrier or breach? Assessing swine housing features for mosquito threats. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Insect Sci
Hanthorn CJ   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Renewal equations for mosquito‐borne diseases

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract During infectious disease outbreaks, estimates of time‐varying pathogen transmissibility, such as the instantaneous reproduction number Rt$$ R(t) $$ or epidemic growth rate rt$$ {r}_t $$, are used to inform decision‐making by public health authorities.
Cathal Mills   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heated Aquatic Shelters Reduce Infection Intensity but Not Prevalence of a Fungal Pathogen in Common Toad Tadpoles

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
In a mesocosm experiment we tested whether heated aquatic shelters would help tadpoles of amphibian populations to eliminate Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection or reduce its costs. Our results showed that, after appropriate modifications, the shelters could be effectively used in mitigation actions against Bd or other waterborne pathogens ...
Andrea Kásler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microhaplotype Methods Enable Relationship Inference in a Bottlenecked Mammalian Species

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are among the most genetically depauperate mammals in the world. A near‐total population bottleneck in the 19th century, coupled with the breeding system of extreme polygyny, has challenged efforts to estimate individual reproductive success with genetic methods.
Keith M. Hernandez   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Art of Remembering and Making a Way: Going There, Knowing There, and Other Curious Lessons From “The Genius of the South”

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do we imagine the future, especially in our current moment? This keynote encourages us to consider lessons learned and shared by those who have gone before us. This includes a giant of our discipline, Zora Neale Hurston, whose praxis challenges us to be present and to listen and learn from another vantage point.
Antoinette Jackson
wiley   +1 more source

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