Are non-sexual models appropriate for predicting the impact of virus-vectored immunocontraception?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-290

  Deredec, Anne ^a   Berec, Luděk ^b   Boukal, David S ^b,c,d   Courchamp, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biological control; Mammal pest; Population dynamics; Sterilization; Two sex model

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MAMMAL; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; LIFE HISTORY; MATING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUSES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 37449011849     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.037     Document Type: Article

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