Host social behavior and parasitic infection: a multifactorial approach

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Unravelling complex associations between testosterone and parasite infection in the wild (2012, background): “In gazelle, where previous work has described an association between male territoriality and parasite load for one group of parasites (Ezenwa 2004), synthesis of our current results suggests that testosterone may indeed contribute to this pattern because territoriality is likely associated with elev”
Decline and extirpation of an endangered Panamanian stream frog population (Craugastor punctariolus) due to an outbreak of chytridiomycosis (2008, background): “amplexus, breeding, territorial defense) can promote contact among individuals and can facilitate density-independent disease transmission (Begon et al., 2002; Ezenwa, 2004; Rowley and Alford, 2007b).”