Individual variations in infectiousness explain long-term disease persistence in wildlife populations

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-208

  Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a,b   Fernández, Néstor ^a,c   Eisinger, Dirk ^a   Grimm, Volker ^a   Thulke, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK; PIG; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRAL DISEASE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 58849101309     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16582.x     Document Type: Article

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