Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: Feral pigs as vectors of soil-borne pathogens

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 534-542

  Krull, Cheryl R ^a   Waipara, Nick W ^b   Choquenot, David ^a   Burns, Bruce R ^a   Gormley, Andrew M ^c   Stanley, Margaret C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Invasive species; Phytophthora; PTA; Vector

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE VECTOR; FERAL ORGANISM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PATHOLOGY; PIG; SOILBORNE DISEASE;

NEW ZEALAND;

AGATHIS (CONIFER); AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; ARAUCARIACEAE; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; SUIDAE;

EID: 84880331094     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02444.x     Document Type: Article

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