The consequences of climate change at an avian influenza 'hotspot'

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1036-1039

  Brown, V L ^a   Rohani, Pejman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; Climate change; Delaware Bay; Transmission model

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRAB; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOT SPOT; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WADER; WILD POPULATION;

DELAWARE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869791987     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0635     Document Type: Article

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