The interplay of plant and animal disease in a changing landscape: The role of sudden aspen decline in moderating sin nombre virus prevalence in natural deer mouse populations

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-216

  Lehmer, Erin M ^a   Korb, Julie ^a   Bombaci, Sara ^a   McLean, Nellie ^a   Ghachu, Joni ^a   Hart, Lacey ^a   Kelly, Ashley ^a   Jara Molinar, Edlin ^a   O'Brien, Colleen ^a   Wright, Kimberly ^a  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deer mice; Forest dieback; Hantavirus; Peromyscus maniculatus; Sin Nombre virus; Sudden aspen decline

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PEROMYSCUS; POPULUS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASE; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; COLORADO; PEROMYSCUS; POPULUS; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

ANIMALIA; HANTAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS;

EID: 84865768213     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0765-7     Document Type: Article

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