Epidemiological considerations of rodent acommunity composition in fragmented landscapes in Panama

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 684-690

  Suzán, Gerardo ^a   Armién, Anibal ^b   Mills, James N ^c   Marcé, Erika ^a   Ceballos, Gerardo ^d   Ávila, Mario ^b   Salazar Bravo, Jorge ^e   Ruedas, Luis ^f   Armién, Blas ^g   Yates, Terry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Instituto Conmemorativo GORGAS   (Panama)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity loss; Emerging diseases; Generalist rodents; Habitat fragmentation; Hantavirus reservoirs; Panama

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERALIST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; VIRAL DISEASE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CALABAZO VIRUS; CHOCLO VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; OLIGORYZOMYS FULVESCENS; ORYZOMYS; RODENTIA; ZYGODONTOMYS BREVICAUDA;

EID: 45249095602     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-015R1.1     Document Type: Article

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