Disease, habitat fragmentation and conservation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1504, 2002, Pages 2041-2049

  McCallum, Hamish ^a   Dobson, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat loss; Metapopulation; Pathogens; Reservoir species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISEASE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; METAPOPULATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; METAPOPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

EID: 41049103777     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2079     Document Type: Article

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