About the Authors

Jessica R. Furber

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Richard J. Delahay

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, York, United Kingdom

Ruth Cox

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, York, United Kingdom

Rosie Woodroffe

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom

Maria O’Hagan

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Naratip Santitissadeekorn

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Stefan Klus

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

s.klus@hw.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Heriot–Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Giovanni Lo Iacono

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, The Surrey Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence, Guildford, United Kingdom, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Mark A. Chambers

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, School of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

David J. B. Lloyd

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.