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Fountain-Jones, Nicholas M., Kraberger, Simona, Gagne, Roderick B., Gilbertson, Marie L. J., Trumbo, Daryl R., Charleston, Michael, Salerno, Patricia E., Chris Funk, W., Crooks, Kevin, Logan, Kenneth, Alldredge, Mathew, Dellicour, Simon, Baele, Guy, Didelot, Xavier, VandeWoude, Sue, Carver, Scott and Craft, Meggan E. (2022) Hunting alters viral transmission and evolution in a large carnivore. Nature Ecology & Evolution . pp. 174-182. doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01635-5 ISSN 2397-334X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01635-5
Abstract
Hunting can fundamentally alter wildlife population dynamics but the consequences of hunting on pathogen transmission and evolution remain poorly understood. Here, we present a study that leverages a unique landscape-scale quasi-experiment coupled with pathogen-transmission tracing, network simulation and phylodynamics to provide insights into how hunting shapes feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) dynamics in puma (Puma concolor). We show that removing hunting pressure enhances the role of males in transmission, increases the viral population growth rate and increases the role of evolutionary forces on the pathogen compared to when hunting was reinstated. Changes in transmission observed with the removal of hunting could be linked to short-term social changes while the male puma population increased. These findings are supported through comparison with a region with stable hunting management over the same time period. This study shows that routine wildlife management can have impacts on pathogen transmission and evolution not previously considered.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history Q Science > QL Zoology Q Science > QR Microbiology S Agriculture > SK Hunting sports |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Statistics |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Feline immunodeficiency virus, Feline immunodeficiency virus infection , Feline immunodeficiency virus infection -- Transmission, Puma -- Phylogeny, Puma hunting, Pathogenic microorganisms -- Transmission, Wildlife management, Feline immunodeficiency virus infection -- Transmission -- Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Nature Ecology & Evolution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 2397-334X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Page Range: | pp. 174-182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41559-021-01635-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 February 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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