Space-time models for a panzootic in bats, with a focus on the endangered Indiana bat

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 876-887

  Thogmartin, Wayne E ^a   King, R Andrew ^b   Szymanski, Jennifer A ^c   Pruitt, Lori ^b  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Bloomington Field Office   (United States)

^c United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomyces destructans; Indiana bat; Mapping disease risk; Mixed effects logistic regression; Myotis sodalis; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BAT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; INDIANA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYCOSES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867712778     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2011-06-176     Document Type: Article

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