Prediction of Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse) population dynamics in Montana, USA, using satellite-driven vegetation productivity and weather data

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 348-360

  Loehman, Rachel A ^a   Elias, Joran ^b   Douglass, Richard J ^c   Kuenzi, Amy J ^c   Mills, James N ^d   Wagoner, Kent ^e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer mice; Hantavirus; MODIS; Peromyscus; Prediction; Satellites; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

HANTAVIRUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

EID: 84859621814     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.2.348     Document Type: Article

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