Ecological replacement of native red squirrels by invasive greys driven by disease

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Tompkins, D M ^a   White, A R ^b   Boots, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological replacement; Emerging infectious disease; Grey squirrel; Parapoxvirus; Red squirrel; Sciurus

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; REPLACEMENT; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; PARAPOXVIRUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0242584396     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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