West Nile virus impacts in American crow populations are associated with human land use and climate

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 909-916

  LaDeau, Shannon L ^a,b   Calder, Catherine A ^c   Doran, Patrick J ^d   Marra, Peter P ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Avian; Land use; Pathogen; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FOREST COVER; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LAND USE CHANGE; PASSERINE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; MAMMALIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052653426     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0725-z     Document Type: Article

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