Disease and behavioral dynamics for brucellosis control in elk and cattle in the greater yellowstone area

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-33

  Xie, Fang ^a   Horan, Richard D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Brucellosis; Disease ecology; Epidemiology; Replicator dynamics; Susceptible infected recovered (SIR) model; Wildlife disease; Wildlife feeding

Indexed keywords

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EID: 67649973296     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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