Investigating the spatial dynamics of bovine tuberculosis in badger populations: Evaluating an individual-based simulation model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 139-157

  Shirley, Mark D F ^a   Rushton, Steve P ^a   Smith, Graham C ^b   South, Andrew B ^a,c   Lurz, Peter W W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Latin hypercube sampling; Logistic regression; Mantel tests; Meles meles; Power analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Spatially explicit; TB

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MUSTELID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0346735405     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00167-4     Document Type: Article

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