Large wildlife removal drives immune defence increases in rodents

increases in rodents Hillary S. Young*, Rodolfo Dirzo, Kristofer M. Helgen, Douglas J. McCauley, Charles L. Nunn, Paul Snyder, Kari E. Veblen, Serena Zhao and Vanessa O. Ezenwa University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA; Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia 20013, USA; Mpala Research Centre, Box 555, Nanyuki, Kenya; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA; Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; Odum School of Ecology and Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA; Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA; and Department of Wildland Resources and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA