Network analysis of translocated takahe populations to identify disease surveillance targets

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 518-528

  Grange, Zoë L ^a   Van Andel, Mary ^a,b   French, Nigel P ^a   Gartrell, Brett D ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disease surveillance; Island ecosystems; New Zealand; Pathogens; Social network analysis; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONNECTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SPREAD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLIGHTLESSNESS; ISLAND; ISOLATED POPULATION; PATHOGEN; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

MURCHISON MOUNTAINS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

ANIMALIA; PORPHYRIO HOCHSTETTERI; PORPHYRIO MANTELLI;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DENSITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84896316263     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12178     Document Type: Article

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