Good medicine for conservation biology: The intersection of epidemiology and conservation theory

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 593-604

  Lafferty, Kevin D ^a   Gerber, Leah R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTINCTION RISK; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; LUTRINAE; NEREIS;

EID: 0036276737     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00446.x     Document Type: Review

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