• DOI:10.1071/WR15183
Corpus ID: 87191544

The relationship between physiological stress and wildlife disease: consequences for health and conservation

@article{Hing2016TheRB,
  title={The relationship between physiological stress and wildlife disease: consequences for health and conservation},
  author={Stephanie Hing and E. Narayan and R. Thompson and S. Godfrey},
  journal={Wildlife Research},
  year={2016},
  volume={43},
  pages={51 - 60}
}

Stephanie Hing, E. Narayan, +1 author S. Godfrey

Published 2016

Biology

Wildlife Research

Abstract. Wildlife populations are under increasing pressure from a variety of threatening processes, ranging from climate change to habitat loss, that can incite a physiological stress response. The stress response influences immune function, with potential consequences for patterns of infection and transmission of disease among and within wildlife, domesticated animals and humans. This is concerning because stress may exacerbate the impact of disease on species vulnerable to extinction, with… CONTINUE READING

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