Disease in metapopulation models: Implications for conservation

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1617-1632

  Hess, George ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation corridor; Disease; Epidemiology; Extinction; Metapopulation; Quarantine; Translocation; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISEASE; METAPOPULATION; QUARANTINE;

EID: 0030427822     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265556     Document Type: Article

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