Quantifying the past and future impact of climate on outbreak patterns of bank voles (Myodes glareolus)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-172

  Imholt, Christian ^a   Reil, Daniela ^a,b   Eccard, Jana A ^b   Jacob, Daniela ^c   Hempelmann, Nils ^c   Jacob, Jens ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Climate change; Outbreak; Population dynamics; Regression tree

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HANTAVIRUS; MURIDAE; PUUMALA VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GERMANY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GERMANY; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 84923213800     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3838     Document Type: Article

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