Impact of myxomatosis in relation to local persistence in wild rabbit populations: The role of waning immunity and the reproductive period

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 593-605

  Fouchet, David ^a   Guitton, Jean Sébastien ^b   Marchandeau, Stéphane ^b   Pontier, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Critical community size; Infectious diseases; Maternal immunity; Metapopulation; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BURROWING ORGANISM; CANCER; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; METAPOPULATION; PATHOGEN; PERSISTENCE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SKIN DISORDER; STOCHASTICITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; MYXOMATOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 38649132856     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.037     Document Type: Article

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