The allee effect and infectious diseases: Extinction, multistability, and the (dis-)appearance of oscillations

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-88

  Hilker, Frank M ^a,d   Langlais, Michel ^b   Malchow, Horst ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Disease induced extinction; Epidemiology; Multistability; Periodic oscillation; SI model

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; HOST; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PERTURBATION; PEST CONTROL;

EID: 58749105328     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593357     Document Type: Article

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