Brucellosis, botflies, and brainworms: The impact of edge habitats on pathogen transmission and species extinction

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-119

  Cantrell, Robert Stephen ^a   Cosner, Chris ^a   Fagan, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Habitat edges; Lotka Votterra; Pathogen mediated competition; Permanence; Persistence; Principal eigenvalues; Reaction diffusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PARROT;

ANIMALS; BISON; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; DIPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARROTS;

EID: 0035256993     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850000064     Document Type: Article

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