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The Push and Pull of Niche in Rodents

This blog post is provided by Pei-Jen L. Shaner and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Niche overlap in rodents increases with competition but not ecological opportunity: A role of inter-individual difference“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. She explores how different rodent species in Taiwan have different dietary niches to allow coexistence between individuals and species. Animals living in the … Continue reading The Push and Pull of Niche in Rodents

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Data type matters when known hosts are used to guide future virus surveillance

This blog post is provided by Nathaniel Mull and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Nathaniel is a PhD student in the Fayetteville Disease Ecology lab at University of Arkansas. His dissertation is broadly examining how habitat management and community interactions influence the infection … Continue reading Data type matters when known hosts are used to guide future virus surveillance

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