Dynamic interactions among badgers: Implications for sociality and disease transmission

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 735-745

  Böhm, Monika ^a   Palphramand, Kate L ^a,c   Newton Cross, Geraldine ^a   Hutchings, Michael R ^b   White, Piran C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Contact network; Contact rate; Meles meles; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CARNIVORE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HETEROGENEITY; MAMMAL; MOVEMENT; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 44849086656     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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