The economics of managing infectious wildlife disease

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 537-551

  Horan, Richard D ^a   Wolf, Christopher A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Double singular solution; Linear control; Nonselective harvests; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 23644452310     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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