Wildlife health in a rapidly changing North: focus on avian disease
Climate‐related environmental changes have increasingly been linked to emerging infectious diseases in wildlife. The Arctic is facing a major ecological transition that is expected to substantially affect animal and human health. Changes in phenology or environmental conditions that result from clim...
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crwiley:10.1890/130291 2024-09-15T18:11:06+00:00 Wildlife health in a rapidly changing North: focus on avian disease Van Hemert, Caroline Pearce, John M Handel, Colleen M 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/130291 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1890%2F130291 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1890/130291 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment volume 12, issue 10, page 548-556 ISSN 1540-9295 1540-9309 journal-article 2014 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1890/130291 2024-07-18T04:25:22Z Climate‐related environmental changes have increasingly been linked to emerging infectious diseases in wildlife. The Arctic is facing a major ecological transition that is expected to substantially affect animal and human health. Changes in phenology or environmental conditions that result from climate warming may promote novel species assemblages as host and pathogen ranges expand to previously unoccupied areas. Recent evidence from the Arctic and subarctic suggests an increase in the spread and prevalence of some wildlife diseases, but baseline data necessary to detect and verify such changes are still lacking. Wild birds are undergoing rapid shifts in distribution and have been implicated in the spread of wildlife and zoonotic diseases. Here, we review evidence of current and projected changes in the abundance and distribution of avian diseases and outline strategies for future research. We discuss relevant climatic and environmental factors, emerging host–pathogen contact zones, the relationship between host condition and immune function, and potential wildlife and human health outcomes in northern regions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Human health Subarctic Wiley Online Library Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12 10 548 556 |
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Climate‐related environmental changes have increasingly been linked to emerging infectious diseases in wildlife. The Arctic is facing a major ecological transition that is expected to substantially affect animal and human health. Changes in phenology or environmental conditions that result from climate warming may promote novel species assemblages as host and pathogen ranges expand to previously unoccupied areas. Recent evidence from the Arctic and subarctic suggests an increase in the spread and prevalence of some wildlife diseases, but baseline data necessary to detect and verify such changes are still lacking. Wild birds are undergoing rapid shifts in distribution and have been implicated in the spread of wildlife and zoonotic diseases. Here, we review evidence of current and projected changes in the abundance and distribution of avian diseases and outline strategies for future research. We discuss relevant climatic and environmental factors, emerging host–pathogen contact zones, the relationship between host condition and immune function, and potential wildlife and human health outcomes in northern regions. |
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Van Hemert, Caroline Pearce, John M Handel, Colleen M Wildlife health in a rapidly changing North: focus on avian disease |
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Wildlife health in a rapidly changing North: focus on avian disease |
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Wildlife health in a rapidly changing North: focus on avian disease |
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Wildlife health in a rapidly changing North: focus on avian disease |
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wildlife health in a rapidly changing north: focus on avian disease |
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