The impacts of urbanization on avian disease transmission and emergence

Avian Urban Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Martin, Lynn B ^a   Boruta, Martyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian disease; Bird feeders; Birds; Disease ecology; Disease transmission; Ecological immunology; Urban health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938674869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199661572.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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