Ecology Colloquium Series - Consequences of a modular social structure on disease dynamics: a case study of Yellowstone wolves

Ecology

Ellen Brandell, Penn State

November 30, 2016 @ 12:20 pm to 01:10 pm

301D Life Sciences

Whether social living mitigates or exacerbates infectious disease is a continued debate in wildlife studies. Wolves are a social species that congregate in packs, and contact rates within-packs and between-packs are different. This is the concept of modularity. I will be exploring how to use modularity to describe observed disease dynamics in the Yellowstone wolf population.

Contact

Dr. David Eissenstat
dme9@psu.edu