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When to vaccinate a fluctuating wildlife population: is timing everything?

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Schreiner, C. L. & Nuismer, S. L. & Basinski, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife vaccination is an important tool for managing the burden of infectious disease in human populations, domesticated livestock and various iconi...

A model for the biological control of Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) by means of pathogens.

Published online: 07 Dec 1991

Authors: Hochberg, M. E. & Waage, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A mathematical population model limited by density-dependent larval mortality and a baculovirus for Oryctes rhinoceros, a scarabaeid pest of coconut a...

Population-scale treatment informs solutions for control of environmentally transmitted wildlife disease.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Martin, A. M. & Richards, S. A. & Fraser, T. A. & Polkinghorne, A. & Burridge, C. P. & Carver, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Long-term pathogen control or eradication in wildlife is rare and represents a major challenge in conservation. Control is particularly difficult for ...

Faecal bacteria associated with different diets of wintering red kites: influence of livestock carcass dumps in microflora alteration and pathogen acquisition.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Blanco, G. & Lemus, J. A. & Grande, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite the important role of refuse dumps for the conservation of threatened avian scavengers, there is no information about the direct effects on sc...

Assessing the host disease status of wildlife and the implications for disease control: Mycobacterium bovis infection in feral ferrets.

Published online: 21 Sep 2005

Authors: Caley, P. & Hone, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimating the basic reproductive rate (R₀) of disease and/or the related threshold population density (K_T) for disease establishment is fundamental t...