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Why disease ecology needs life‐history theory: a host perspective
Ecology Letters ( IF 7.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-25 , DOI: 10.1111/ele.13681
Andrés Valenzuela‐Sánchez 1, 2, 3 , Mark Q. Wilber 4, 5 , Stefano Canessa 6 , Leonardo D. Bacigalupe 1 , Erin Muths 7 , Benedikt R. Schmidt 8, 9 , Andrew A. Cunningham 10 , Arpat Ozgul 8 , Pieter T.J. Johnson 11 , Hugo Cayuela 12, 13
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When facing an emerging infectious disease of conservation concern, we often have little information on the nature of the host‐parasite interaction to inform management decisions. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that the life‐history strategies of host species can be predictive of individual‐ and population‐level responses to infectious disease, even without detailed knowledge on the specifics of the host‐parasite interaction. Here, we argue that a deeper integration of life‐history theory into disease ecology is timely and necessary to improve our capacity to understand, predict and mitigate the impact of endemic and emerging infectious diseases in wild populations. Using wild vertebrates as an example, we show that host life‐history characteristics influence host responses to parasitism at different levels of organisation, from individuals to communities. We also highlight knowledge gaps and future directions for the study of life‐history and host responses to parasitism. We conclude by illustrating how this theoretical insight can inform the monitoring and control of infectious diseases in wildlife.

中文翻译:

为什么疾病生态学需要生命历史理论:宿主的观点

当面对保护方面正在出现的传染病时,我们常常缺乏有关宿主-寄生虫相互作用的性质的信息,无法为管理决策提供依据。但是,越来越清楚的是,即使没有对宿主-寄生虫相互作用的详细了解,宿主物种的生活史策略也可以预测个体和群体对传染病的反应。在这里,我们认为,将生命历史理论更深入地整合到疾病生态学中是及时且必要的,以提高我们对野生种群中地方性和新兴传染病的理解,预测和减轻其影响的能力。以野生脊椎动物为例,我们显示了宿主的生活史特征会影响宿主在不同组织级别对寄生虫的反应,从个人到社区。我们还将重点介绍生命史研究和寄主对寄生虫的反应方面的知识差距和未来方向。最后,我们将通过举例说明这一理论洞察力如何为野生动植物传染病的监测和控制提供信息。
更新日期:2021-03-16
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