Modelling the spatial dynamics of parapoxvirus disease in red and grey squirrels: A possible cause of the decline in the red squirrel in the UK?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 997-1012

  Rushton, S P ^a   Lurz, P W W ^a   Gurnell, J ^b   Fuller, R ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Conservation; GIS; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; VIRAL DISEASE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; PARAPOXVIRUS; SCIURIDAE; SQUIRREL POXVIRUS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0034486188     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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