Female elk contacts are neither frequency nor density dependent

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2076-2086

  Cross, P C ^a   Creech, T G ^b,c   Ebinger, M R ^b   Manlove, K ^d   Irvine, K ^a   Henningsen, J ^e   Rogerson, J ^f   Scurlock, B M ^f   Creel, S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cervus canadensis; Contact rate; Disease models; Elk; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; Hierarchical models; Proximity loggers; Super spreading events; Supplemental feeding; USA; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GROUP SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84884831778     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2086.1     Document Type: Article

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