Ecological surveillance of small mammals at firing points 10 and 60, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, 2001-2005

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-384

  O'Guinn, Monica L ^a   Klein, Terry A ^b   Lee, John S ^a   Kim, Heung Chul ^c   Baek, Luck Ju ^d   Chong, Sung Tae ^c   Turell, Michael J ^a   Burkett, Douglas A ^e   Schuster, Anthony ^f   Lee, In Yong ^g   Yi, Suk Hee ^b   Sames, William J ^h   Song, Ki Joon ^d   Song, Jin Won ^d  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Unit 15281   (United States)

^c Unit 15247   (United States)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Kadena Air Base   (Japan)

^f US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine South   (United States)

^g Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Defense Logistics Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Ecology; Insectivores; Korea; Micromys; Microtus; Myodes (= Eothenomys); Rattus; Rodents; Tscherskia (= Cricetulus)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; KOREA; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; TIME; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; KOREA; MALE; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; CRICETULUS; CROCIDURA LASIURA; EOTHENOMYS; HANTAAN VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; MICROMYS; MICROMYS MINUTUS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS FORTIS; MUS MUSCULUS; POACEAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; REGULUS; RODENTIA; TSCHERSKIA; TSCHERSKIA TRITON;

EID: 68949198373     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710-33.2.370     Document Type: Article

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