Demography, disease and the devil: Life-history changes in a disease-affected population of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 427-436

  Lachish, Shelly ^a   McCallum, Hamish ^b   Jones, Menna ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age structure; Demographic compensation; Devil facial tumour disease; Sex ratio biases; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSUPIAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; SURVIVAL; TUMOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TASMANIA; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FREYCINET PENINSULA; TASMANIA;

SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 59449097249     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01494.x     Document Type: Article

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