Increased migration in host-pathogen metapopulations can cause host extinction

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 298, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Harding, K C ^a   Begon, M ^b   Eriksson, A ^a,d   Wennberg, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Epidemiology; Extinction risk; Metapopulation; Spill over

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIOLOGY; COLONIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALLEE EFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYNAMICS; HABITAT; HOST; HOST COLONIZATION; HOST PATHOGEN METAPOPULATION; INFECTION; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84855789428     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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