Disease, predation and demography: Assessing the impacts of bovine tuberculosis on African buffalo by monitoring at individual and population levels

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 467-475

  Cross, P C ^a,b   Heisey, D M ^c   Bowers, J A ^d,e   Hay, C T ^e,f   Wolhuter, J ^e,g   Buss, P ^h   Hofmeyr, M ^h   Michel, A L ⁱ   Bengis, R G ^j   Bird, T L F ^e   Du Toit, J T ^e,k   Getz, W M ^e,l  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Ecoleges Environmental Consultants   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f Southern African Wildlife College   (South Africa)

^g TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^h SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

ⁱ ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^j Veterinary Investigation Centre   (South Africa)

^k UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Detection; Disease; Population growth; Predator; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION GROWTH; VULNERABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOVINAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 61449110163     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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