Enzootic plague reduces survival of Mexican woodrats (Neotoma mexicana) in Colorado

Abstract Plague is a flea‐vectored disease introduced to North America c. 1900. It is lethal to many American mammal species, causes major die‐offs (epizootics) in some populations, and may be ecologically disruptive even at lower interepizootic (enzootic) levels of transmission. We sought to determ...

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Main Authors: Dean E. Biggins, Shantini Ramakrishnan, Tonie E. Rocke, Judy L. Williamson, Jeffrey Wimsatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-02-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3371