Transmission of Plodia interpunctella granulosis virus does not conform to the mass action model

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 592-599

  Knell, Robert J ^a,b   Begon, Michael ^a   Thompson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Host pathogen interactions; Parasite host models; Transmission coefficient

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRUS;

LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0031875597     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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