Risk factors associated with mortality from whitenose syndrome among hibernating bat colonies

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 950-953

  Wilder, Aryn P ^a   Frick, Winifred F ^a,b   Langwig, Kate E ^a   Kunz, Thomas H ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Colony size; Cox proportional hazards model; Epizootic; Hibernacula; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAVE; COLONY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; FUNGAL DISEASE; HIBERNATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054069823     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0355     Document Type: Article

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