Applying evolutionary concepts to wildlife disease ecology and management

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 856-868

  Vander Wal, Eric ^a   Garant, Dany ^a   Calmé, Sophie ^a,b   Chapman, Colin A ^c,d   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   Millien, Virginie ^e   Rioux Paquette, Sébastien ^a   Pelletier, Fanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Environmental change; Epidemiology; Host pathogen interactions; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906668650     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12168     Document Type: Review

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