Methods of Disease Risk Analysis for Reintroduction Programmes

Reintroduction Biology: Integrating Science and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 336-359

  Sainsbury, Anthony W ^a   Armstrong, Doug P ^b   Ewen, John G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disease risk assessment tool (DRAT); Disease threat, translocation programmes; Epidemiological, PVA package VORTEX; Qualitative disease risk methods; Quantitative approaches; Reintroduction programmes, disease risk; Risk management; Translocations, of wild animals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861184561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444355833.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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