John M. Drake<p>How does <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Ebola" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ebola</span></a> move from the bat species that are its natural reservoir into primate and human populations? Our latest research in <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Ecography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ecography</span></a> suggests that fig trees and <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/monkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>monkeys</span></a> are a key part of the story. We hypothesize that seasonal rains induce fruiting, which then invite fruit-eating species including bats, monkeys, and people to forage in the same locations facilitating spillover of the virus from one species to another.</p><p><a href="https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.06950" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wile</span><span class="invisible">y.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.06950</span></a></p>