Invading with biological weapons: The role of shared disease in ecological invasion

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-66

  Bell, Sally S ^a   White, Andrew ^a   Sherratt, Jonathan A ^a   Boots, Mike ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease models; Ecological invasions; Multi species; Spatial; Squirrel pox; Travelling waves

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WEAPON; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISEASE SPREAD; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIBILITY; RANGE EXPANSION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SCIURIDAE;

EID: 62349112762     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-008-0029-x     Document Type: Article

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