Spatiotemporal distribution of rabies in Arctic foxes in Greenland

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 457-465

  Raundrup, Katrine ^a,b   Moshøj, Charlotte M ^b,c   Wennerberg, Sanne E ^d   Kapel, Christian M O ^e  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Hunting and Agriculture ^*  (Greenland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Greenland; Rabies; Spatiotemporal dynamics; Vulpes lagopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937764713     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-015-0917-5     Document Type: Article

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