Network structure and prevalence of Cryptosporidium in Belding's ground squirrels

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1951-1959

  VanderWaal, Kimberly L ^a   Atwill, Edward R ^a   Hooper, Stacie ^a   Buckle, Kelly ^b   McCowan, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clustering; Cryptosporidium; Ground squirrels; Infection patterns; Pathogen transmission; Social networks; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; JUVENILE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; RODENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BELDINGI;

EID: 84887619795     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1602-x     Document Type: Article

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