Population and transmission dynamics of cowpox in bank voles: Testing fundamental assumptions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-86

  Begon, Michael ^a   Feore, Sarah M ^a   Bown, Kevin ^a   Chantrey, Julian ^a   Jones, Trevor ^a   Bennett, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Clethrionomys; Cowpox; Disease; Epidemiology; Microparasite; Pathogen; Transmission; Virus

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; COWPOX VIRUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0002285391     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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