Integrating multi-host modelling with empirical wildlife-livestock contacts reveals an essential population in a pathogen reservoir
Sébastien Lambert, Clara Meyers, Pauline Bouillot, Rémi Fay, Dominique Gauthier, Pascal Marchand, Ariane Payne, Élodie Petit, Anne Thébault, Timothée Vergne, Emmanuelle Gilot‐Fromont
The paper develops a multi-host model for brucellosis in the French Alps, identifying Alpine ibex and their environment as essential for pathogen maintenance and transmission to livestock.
bioRxiv · May 25, 2026 · PreprintEcology