Testing the generality of a trophic-cascade model for plague

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-112

  Collinge, Sharon K ^a   Johnson, Whitney C ^a   Ray, Chris ^a   Matchett, Randy ^b   Grensten, John ^c   Cully Jr , Jack F ^d   Gage, Kenneth L ^e   Kosoy, Michael Y ^e   Loye, Jenella E ^f   Martin, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Disease; Grassland; Plague; Prairie dogs; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 23844458977     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-3877-5     Document Type: Article

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