Persistence of canine distemper virus in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem's carnivore community

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2058-2074

  Almberg, Emily S ^a,b   Cross, Paul C ^c   Smith, Douglas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Canis latrans; Canis lupus; Critical community size; Greater yellowstone Ecosystem; Multi host transmission; Spatial connectivity; Yellowstone National Park, USA

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; EPIDEMIC; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MONITORING; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VIRUS; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANINE DISTEMPER; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 77957726696     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1225.1     Document Type: Article

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