Juxtaposition between host population structures: Implications for disease transmission in a sympatric cervid community

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1001-1011

  Vander Wal, Eric ^a   Edye, Iain ^b   Paquet, Paul C ^c   Coltman, David W ^b   Bayne, Erin ^b   Brook, Ryan K ^a   Andrés, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Raincoast Conservation Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervidae; Community; Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components; Disease transmission; Mycobacterium bovis; Population genetics; Spatial Principal Component Analysis; Sympatric populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884469969     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12065     Document Type: Article

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