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Bighorn sheep associations: understanding tradeoffs of sociality and implications for disease transmission — Europe PMC PMID:37576510

Source: Europe PMC (en)
Original: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/37576510
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15625
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@misc{dcba52dbffd79e,
  title = {Bighorn sheep associations: understanding tradeoffs of sociality and implications for disease transmission — Europe PMC PMID:37576510},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC (en)},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/37576510},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_ba52dbffd79e; sha256 92ea2c1c256c4266a7a42333d2331ac9923b2fa4b4389511618c3eb074af8eb5},
  year = {2026}
}

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Sociality directly influences mating success, survival rates, and disease, but ultimately likely evolved for its fitness benefits in a challenging environment. The tradeoffs between the costs and benefits of sociality can operate at multiple scales, resulting in different interpretations of animal behavior. We investigated the influence of intrinsic ( e.g. , relatedness, age) and extrinsic factors ( e.g. , land cover type, season) on direct contact (simultaneous GPS locations ≤ 25 m) rates of bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis ) at multiple scales near the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. During 2002-2012, male and female bighorn were equipped with GPS collars. Indirect contact (GPS locations ≤ 25 m regardless of time) networks identified two major breaks whereas direct contact networks identified an additional barrier in the population, all of which corresponded with prior disease exposure metrics. More direct contacts occurred between same-sex dyads than female-male dyads and between bighorn groups with overlapping summer home ranges. Direct contacts occurred most often during the winter-spring season when bighorn traveled at low speeds and when an adequate number of bighorn were collared in the area. Direct contact probabilities for all dyad types were inversely related to habitat quality, and differences in contact probability were driven by variables related to survival such as terrain ruggedness, distance to escape terrain, and canopy cover. We provide evidence that probabilities of association are higher when there is greater predation risk and that contact analysis provides valuable information for understanding fitness tradeoffs of sociality and disease transmission potential.

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Pubblicazione: PeerJ, 2023 (prima pubblicazione 2023-08-08).
Identificativi: PMID 37576510 · PMCID PMC10416771 · DOI 10.7717/peerj.15625.
Parole chiave degli autori: Habitat selection; Respiratory disease; contact; dilution effect; Ovis Canadensis; Landscape Of Fear; Many Eyes Hypothesis; Glacier National Park; Landscape Of Peril.
Descrittori MeSH principali: Sheep, Bighorn; Sheep Diseases.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/37576510 — https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15625. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
Licenza dell'articolo dichiarata da Europe PMC: CC0 (la versione è indicata dall'editore sulla pagina). Abstract riportato senza modifiche al contenuto, con attribuzione; deposito marcato CC0.
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