Spatial compartmentalization: A nonlethal predator mechanism to reduce parasite transmission between prey species

Authors: L. Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos, Seth A. Moore, William J. Severud, James D. Forester, Edmund J. Isaac, Yvette Chenaux-Ibrahim, Tyler Garwood, Luis E. Escobar, Tiffany M. Wolf

Published: 2021-12-22

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj5944

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Predators reduced parasite spillover transmission and disease emergence among prey species.