Comparison of social networks derived from ecological data: Implications for inferring infectious disease dynamics

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1015-1022

  Perkins, Sarah E ^a   Cagnacci, Francesca ^b   Stradiotto, Anna ^b   Arnoldi, Daniele ^b   Hudson, Peter J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Parasites; Radio tracking; Social network analysis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARASITIC DISEASE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; MURINAE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MURINAE; RODENT DISEASES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 65649152726     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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