Host heterogeneity in susceptibility and disease dynamics: Tests of a mathematical model

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 685-707

  Dwyer, Greg ^a,b   Elkinton, Joseph S ^a   Buonaccorsi, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 0030726405     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286089     Document Type: Article

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