Host relatedness and landscape connectivity shape pathogen spread in a large secretive carnivore
N. M. Fountain-Jones, S. Kraberger, R. Gagne, D. R. Trumbo, P. Salerno, W. C. Funk, K. Crooks, R. Biek, M. Alldredge, K. Logan, G. Baele, S. M. Dellicour, H. B. Ernest, S. VandeWoude, S. Carver, M. E. Craft
The paper examines how urbanization affects pathogen spread in pumas by analyzing landscape variables and host gene flow in two contrasting regions.
bioRxiv · Oct 23, 2019Ecology