“Weight of evidence” as a tool for evaluating disease in wildlife: An example assessing parasitic infection in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

The potential of parasites to affect host abundance has been a topic of heated contention within the scientific community for some time, with many maintaining that issues such as habitat loss are more important in regulating wildlife populations than diseases. This is in part due to the difficulty i...

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Main Authors: Cassandra Henry, Matthew Z. Brym, Kalin Skinner, Kendall R. Blanchard, Brett J. Henry, Alyssa L. Hay, Jessica L. Herzog, Aravindan Kalyanasundaram, Ronald J. Kendall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224420300730