Contact rates between possums revealed by proximity data loggers

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 595-604

  Ji, Weihong ^b,c   White, Piran C L ^a,b   Clout, Mick N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Contact behaviour; Interaction; Mating system; Mycobacterium bovis; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; MARSUPIAL; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 21244455254     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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