Roosting behaviour and habitat selection of Pteropus giganteus reveal potential links to Nipah virus epidemiology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 376-387

  Hahn, Micah B ^a   Epstein, Jonathan H ^b   Gurley, Emily S ^c   Islam, Mohammad S ^d   Luby, Stephen P ^c,e,f   Daszak, Peter ^b   Patz, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services   (Bangladesh)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Conservation medicine; Ecological niche model; Habitat selection; Indian flying fox; Maxent; Nipah virus; One Health; Pteropus giganteus; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROOSTING; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

BANGLADESH;

NIPAH VIRUS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 84896389764     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12212     Document Type: Article

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