Ecology of wildlife rabies in Europe

Mammal Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-36

  Holmala, Katja ^a   Kauhala, Kaarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epizootic; Inter specific interactions; Nyctereutes procyonoides; Pooled density; Rabies control; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; RABIES; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33745044457     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2006.00078.x     Document Type: Review

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