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2020-05-19

Stephanie J. Peacock, Martin Krkošek, Mark A. Lewis, Péter K. Molnár

Migrations allow animals to track seasonal changes in resources, find mates, and avoid harsh climates, but these regular, longdistance movements also have implications for parasite dynamics and animal health. Migratory animals have been dubbed “superspreaders” of infection, but migration can also...

2016-01-01

Maya L. Groner, Luke A. Rogers, Andrew W. Bateman, Brendan M. Connors, L. Neil Frazer, Sean C. Godwin, Martin Krkosˇek, Mark A. Lewis, Stephanie J. Peacock, Erin E. Rees, Crawford W. Revie, Ulrike E. Schla¨gel

Effective disease management can benefit from mathematical models that identify drivers of epidemiological change and guide decision-making. This is well illustrated in the host–parasite system of sea lice and salmon, which has been modelled extensively due to the economic costs associated...

2017-10-29

Stephanie J. Peacock, Juliette Bouhours, Mark A. Lewis, P´eter K. Moln´ar

Spatial variability in host density is a key factor affecting disease dynamics of wildlife, and yet there are few spatially explicit models of host-macroparasite dynamics. This limits our understanding of parasitism in migratory hosts, whose densities change considerably in both space and time....

2016-01-01

Stephanie J. Peacock, Andrew W. Bateman, Martin Krkosek, Mark A. Lewis

The dynamics of coupled populations have mostly been studied in the context of metapopulation viability with application to, for example, species at risk. However, when considering pests and pathogens, eradication, not persistence, is often the end goal. Humans may intervene to control nuisance...