Culling wildlife hosts to control disease: Mountain hares, red grouse and louping ill virus

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 926-930

  Harrison, Annabel ^a,b   Newey, Scott ^a   Gilbert, Lucy ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^b   Thirgood, Simon ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heather moorland; Human wildlife conflict; Ixodes ricinus; Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Lepus timidus; Tick borne disease; Upland management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULLING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GAMEBIRD; LAGOMORPH; MOORLAND; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK; UPLAND REGION; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; LOUPING ILL VIRUS; TETRAONIDAE; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 77954376942     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01834.x     Document Type: Article

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