A null model of community disassembly effects on vector-borne disease risk

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 866-873

  Brooks, Christopher P ^a   Zhang, Haimeng ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity disease; Diversity gradient; Network model

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISEASE CARRIER; INFECTION RISK; LYME DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZOONOSES;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77952669273     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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