Wolves contribute to disease control in a multi-host system

• Main Authors: Tanner, Eleanor, White, Andy, Acevedo, Pelayo, Balseiro, Ana, Marcos, Jaime, Gortázar, Christian
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK), Scottish Funding Council, Heriot-Watt University, University of Edinburgh, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Ministerio de Transición Ecológica (España), European Commission
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019
• Subjects: Pelayo; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/213101; https://doi.org/10.13039/100009767; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000266; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000360; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007480; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000848

12 páginas, 5 figuras. We combine model results with feld data for a system of wolves (Canis lupus) that prey on wild boar (Sus scrofa), a wildlife reservoir of tuberculosis, to examine how predation may contribute to disease control in multi-host systems. Results show that predation can lead to a m...