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Impacts of infectious diseases on movement metrics in a large carnivore: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, leptospirosis, and pumas

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: infection. Our results highlight the potential of movement and behavioral metrics to study infectious disease effects on pumas and other carnivores, contributing to epidemiological and clinical features of these diseases in carnivores.

Source: iScience

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113810

Authors: Fernando Nájera, Stella Uiterwaal, Dave K. Garcelon, John F. Randolph, T. Winston Vickers, Phillip Johnston, Thomas R. Stephenson, L. Mark Elbroch, Jason V. Lombardi, Deana L. Clifford

Institutions: University of California, Davis, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Institute for Wildlife Studies, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Panthera Corporation

Language: English

Topic: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,240

Funders: California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center

Awards: G3527517272, G4512338889, G4733253714

OpenAlex ID: W4415328318

FWCI: 0.533

Cites: 72

Cited by: 1

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