Novel coupling of individual-based epidemiological and demographic models predicts realistic dynamics of tuberculosis in alien buffalo

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 268-277

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a,b   Mcmahon, Clive R ^c   Miller, Philip S ^d   Lacy, Robert C ^e   Watts, Michael J ^a   Verant, Michelle L ^f   Pollak, John P ^g   Fordham, Damien A ^a   Prowse, Thomas A A ^a   Brook, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d IUCN Species Survival Commission ^*  (United States)

^e BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubalus; Disease; Invasive species; MetaModel Manager; Outbreak; Population viability analysis; Vortex

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; COMPLEXITY; CULLING; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 84855953849     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02081.x     Document Type: Article

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