Wildlife disease prevalence in human-modified landscapes

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 427-442

  Brearley, Grant ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan ^a   Bradley, Adrian ^a   Baxter, Greg ^a   Seabrook, Leonie ^a   Lunney, Daniel ^b,c   Liu, Yan ^a   Mcalpine, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease prevalence; Disease transmission; Fragmentation; Habitat loss; Host; Human modified landscapes; Physiological stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84875808988     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12009     Document Type: Article

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