Probable causes of increasing brucellosis in free-ranging elk of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 278-288

  Cross, P C ^a   Cole, E K ^b   Dobson, A P ^c   Edwards, W H ^d   Hamlin, K L ^e   Luikart, G ^f,g   Middleton, A D ^h   Scurlock, B M ^d   White, P J ⁱ  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b National Elk Refuge   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^e WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; Cervus elaphus; Disease reservoir; Free ranging elk; Greater yellowstone ecosystem; Host density; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING GROUND; HOST SELECTION; MODEL TEST; NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTANA; POPULATION DENSITY; WYOMING;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77649098200     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2062.1     Document Type: Article

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