Testing a key assumption of host-pathogen theory: Density and disease transmission

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1667-1673

  Greer, Amy L ^a,b   Briggs, Cheryl J ^c   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; EXTINCTION; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VIRUS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBENSI VIRUS; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM VIRUS; AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 55049102462     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16783.x     Document Type: Article

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