An agent-based movement model to assess the impact of landscape fragmentation on disease transmission

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Tracey, Jeff A ^b   Bevins, Sarah N ^a   Vandewoude, Sue ^a   Crooks, Kevin R ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Animal movement; Bobcat; Epidemiology; Habitat fragmentation; Individual based model; Landscape connectivity; Lynx rufus; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 84919721639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00376.1     Document Type: Article

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