Body-size scaling in an SEI model of wildlife diseases

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 374-382

  Bolzoni, Luca ^a   De Leo, Giulio A ^a   Gatto, Marino ^b   Dobson, Andrew P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bifurcation analysis; Multihost; SEI model; Wildlife diseases

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST QUALITY; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABIES; REPRODUCTION; THRESHOLD; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RABIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY SIZE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RABIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41149115038     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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