Estimating patterns and drivers of infection prevalence and intensity when detection is imperfect and sampling error occurs

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 850-859

  Miller, David A W ^a   Talley, Brooke L ^b   Lips, Karen R ^c   Campbell Grant, Evan H ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Detection; Disease; Occupancy; Prevalence; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875270624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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