Keeping the herds healthy and alert: Implications of predator control for infectious disease

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 797-802

  Packer, Craig ^a   Holt, Robert D ^b   Hudson, Peter J ^c   Lafferty, Kevin D ^d   Dobson, Andrew P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host parasite; Predator control; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATOR;

EID: 0042285597     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00500.x     Document Type: Review

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