Influence of genetic relatedness and spatial proximity on chronic wasting disease infection among female white-tailed deer

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 532-540

  Grear, Daniel A ^a   Samuel, Michael D ^a   Scribner, Kim T ^b   Weckworth, Byron V ^c   Langenberg, Julie A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic wasting disease (CWD); Disease ecology; Epidemiology; Microsatellite genetic markers; Social structure; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEER; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRION DISEASE; PROBABILITY; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77952871307     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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