Multi-scale model of epidemic fade-out: Will local extirpation events inhibit the spread of white-nose syndrome?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 621-633

  O'Regan, Suzanne M ^a   Magori, Krisztian ^a,c   Pulliam, J Tomlin ^a   Zokan, Marcus A ^a   Kaul, Rajreni B ^a   Barton, Heather D ^a,d   Drake, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GROVE CITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONNECTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HIBERNATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODEL VALIDATION; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; REFUGE; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMAL; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NOSE; SEASON; TIME; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES; NOSE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937069708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0417.1     Document Type: Article

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