Cowpox virus infection in natural field vole Microtus agrestis populations: Delayed density dependence and individual risk

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1416-1425

  Burthe, Sarah ^a   Telfer, Sandra ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^b   Bennett, Malcolm ^a   Carslake, David ^a   Smith, Andrew ^a   Begon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Host parasite dynamics; Host pathogen interactions; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PATHOGEN; RODENT; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARVICOLINAE; BODY WEIGHT; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; COWPOX VIRUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33749666643     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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