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An analytical model of plant virus disease dynamics with roguing and replanting.

Published online: 21 Jan 1995

Authors: Chan, M. S. & Jeger, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A mathematical model of the dynamics of a virus disease in a perennial plant population was developed. The population was divided into healthy, latent...

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An analytical model of plant virus disease dynamics with roguing and replanting.

Published online: 24 Jan 2006

Authors: Jeger, M. J. & Chan, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The dynamics of a virus disease in a perennial plant population are modelled. The population is divided into healthy, latently infected, infectious an...

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The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Walton, L. & Marion, G. & Davidson, R. S. & White, P. C. L. & Smith, L. A. & Gavier-Widen, D. & Yon, L. & Hannant, D. & Hutchings, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife disease surveillance is the first line of defence against infectious disease. Fluctuations in host populations and disease prevalence are a k...

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Accounting for Bias in prevalence estimation: the case of a globally emerging pathogen.

Published online: 12 Jan 2024

Authors: Sentenac, H. & Valenzuela-Sánchez, A. & Haddow-Brown, N. & Delgado, S. & Azat, C. & Cunningham, A. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accurate quantification of infection parameters is necessary to ensure effective surveillance, investigation and mitigation of infectious diseases. Ho...

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Evaluating evidence of association of bovine tuberculosis in cattle and badgers.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Hone, J. & Donnelly, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) occurs in cattle and badgers in the UK and control efforts are undertaken to reduce the spread of the disease. This study eva...

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The Trojan hives: pollinator pathogens, imported and distributed in bumblebee colonies.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Graystock, P. & Yates, K. & Evison, S. E. F. & Darvill, B. & Goulson, D. & Hughes, W. O. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over a million commercially produced bumblebee colonies are imported annually on a global scale for the pollination of greenhouse crops. After importa...

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The persistence of a SIS disease in a metapopulation.

Published online: 18 Nov 1999

Authors: Foley, J. E. & Foley, P. & Pedersen, N. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Deterministic models predict that susceptible-infective-susceptible (SIS) disease, where there is no immunity to reinfection following recovery, will ...

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More rapid and severe disease outbreaks for aquaculture at the tropics: implications for food security.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Leung, T. L. F. & Bates, A. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aquaculture is replacing capture fisheries in supplying the world with dietary protein. Although disease is a major threat to aquaculture production, ...

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Elevated salinity blocks pathogen transmission and improves host survival from the global amphibian chytrid pandemic: implications for translocations.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Clulow, S. & Gould, J. & James, H. & Stockwell, M. & Clulow, J. & Mahony, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emerging infectious diseases are one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity. Chytridiomycosis in amphibians is perhaps the most extreme exampl...

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Models predict that culling is not a feasible strategy to prevent extinction of Tasmanian devils from facial tumour disease.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Beeton, N. & McCallum, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Culling, either of all animals or infected animals only, is often suggested as a way of managing infectious diseases in wildlife populations. However,...

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