Movement patterns and spatial epidemiology of a prion disease in mule deer population units

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1870-1881

  Conner, Mary M ^a,b,c   Miller, Michael W ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease; Cluster analysis; Colorado, USA; Dispersal; Distribution; Migration; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Population home range; Prevalence; Prion; Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRION DISEASE; UNGULATE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 2542565923     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5309     Document Type: Article

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