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  • Devils and disease in the landscape: the impact of disease on devils in the wild and on the Tasmanian ecosystem

    Author(s)
    Jones, Menna
    Hamede, Rodrigo
    Hollings, Tracey
    McCallum, Hamish
    Griffith University Author(s)
    McCallum, Hamish
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    When populations of animals encounter a novel infectious disease, the effects can be devastating both for individuals and the population as a whole. Mortality is frequently high, outpacing breeding, leading to severe population decline. An extreme example is the devastation of native American populations from smallpox, a disease native to Europe, across vast regions of the Americas following the arrival of the Spanish in the 1600s (Mann 2005). A similar scenario has played out over the last 20 years since devil facial tumour disease emerged in Tasmania.When populations of animals encounter a novel infectious disease, the effects can be devastating both for individuals and the population as a whole. Mortality is frequently high, outpacing breeding, leading to severe population decline. An extreme example is the devastation of native American populations from smallpox, a disease native to Europe, across vast regions of the Americas following the arrival of the Spanish in the 1600s (Mann 2005). A similar scenario has played out over the last 20 years since devil facial tumour disease emerged in Tasmania.
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    Book Title
    Saving the Tasmanian Devil Recovery through Science-based Management
    Publisher URI
    https://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7675
    Subject
    Terrestrial ecology
    Science
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/402221
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