Environmental change and disease dynamics: Effects of intensive forest management on Puumala hantavirus infection in boreal bank vole populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Voutilainen, Liina ^a,b   Savola, Sakeri ^a   Kallio, Eva Riikka ^c,d   Laakkonen, Juha ^e   Vaheri, Antti ^b,f   Vapalahti, Olli ^b,e,f   Henttonen, Heikki ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FINLAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PUUMALA VIRUS; TAIGA; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PUUMALA VIRUS; TREES;

EID: 84862663260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039452     Document Type: Article

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