Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity and infection in a Neotropical bat community
Abstract
Contaminants such as mercury are pervasive and can have immunosuppressive effects on wildlife. Impaired immunity could be important for forecasting pathogen spillover, as many land‐use changes that generate mercury contamination also bring wildlife into close contact with humans and domestic animals. However, the interactions among contaminants, immunity and infection are difficult to study in natural systems, and empirical tests of possible directional relationships remain rare.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 14, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1111/1365-2664.13809
Entities
People
- Alexis M. Brown
- Catherene L. Baijnauth
- Daniel J. Becker
- Dmitriy V. Volokhov
- Hannah F. Droke
- Hugh Broders
- Jennifer M. Korstian
- Kelly A Speer
- M. Brock Fenton
- Matthew M. Chumchal
- Nancy B. Simmons
- Raina K. Plowright
- Thomas R. Rainwater
- Ticha Padgett‐stewart
Organizations
- Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation
- American Museum of Natural History
- Clemson University
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Food and Drug Administration
- Montana State University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Science Foundation
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
- Stony Brook University
- Texas Christian University
- Texas Tech University
- United States Department of Agriculture
- University of Oklahoma
- University of South Florida
- University of Waterloo
- Western University