The nexus between forest fragmentation in Africa and Ebola virus disease outbreaks

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Rulli, Maria Cristina ^a   Santini, Monia ^b   Hayman, David T S ^c   D'Odorico, Paolo ^d,e,f  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Forests and Ecosystem Services   (Italy)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESIN CEMENT; TIGHT JUNCTION;

AFRICA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; RESIN CEMENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS;

EID: 85012259313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep41613     Document Type: Article

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