Primate Disease Ecology in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 497-509

  Nunn, Charles L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Disease ecology; Epidemiology; Parasitism; Theoretical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLATWORM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROUP SIZE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; META-ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; PRIMATE DISEASE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; VERMES;

EID: 84860331068     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.21986     Document Type: Review

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