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Which mechanisms drive seasonal rabies outbreaks in raccoons? A test using dynamic social network models.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Hirsch, B. T. & Reynolds, J. J. H. & Gehrt, S. D. & Craft, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The timing of raccoon rabies outbreaks in the eastern USA is non-random and often exhibits a seasonal peak. While fluctuations in disease transmission...

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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human-nature interactions: pathways, evidence and implications.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Soga, M. & Evans, M. J. & Cox, D. T. C. & Gaston, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the global response have dramatically changed people's lifestyles in much of the world. These major changes, a...

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Simulation modelling of the spread of rice tungro virus disease: the potential for management by roguing.

Published online: 19 Feb 1997

Authors: Holt, J. & Chancellor, T. C. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simulation model of the dynamics of rice tungro virus disease (RTVD) [rice tungro spherical waikavirus and rice tungro bacilliform badnavirus] was d...

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Risk management of outbreaks of livestock diseases.

Published online: 11 Nov 2015

Authors: Inamura, M. & Rushton, J. & Antón, J.

Content type: Bulletin

Livestock diseases can severely harm animal and human health, and have adverse economic impacts on producer incomes, markets, trade, and consumers. Th...

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Emerging RHDV2 suppresses the impact of endemic and novel strains of RHDV on wild rabbit populations.

Published online: 27 Jul 2020

Authors: Ramsey, D. S. L. & Cox, T. & Strive, T. & Forsyth, D. M. & Stuart, I. & Hall, R. & Elsworth, P. & Campbell, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Multi-strain, host-disease dynamics describe a system where multiple strains of a pathogen compete for susceptible individuals of a single host. Th...

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Spatiotemporal organization of cryptic North American Culex species along an urbanization gradient.

Published online: 26 Oct 2023

Authors: Arsenault-Benoit, A. & Fritz, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Landscape heterogeneity creates diverse habitat and resources for mosquito vectors of disease. A consequence may be varied distribution and abundance ...

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Assessing the distribution of disease-bearing rodents in human-modified tropical landscapes.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Morand, S. & Bordes, F. & Blasdell, K. & Pilosof, S. & Cornu, J. F. & Chaisiri, K. & Chaval, Y. & Cosson, J. F. & Claude, J. & Feyfant, T. & Herbreteau, V. & Dupuy, S. & Tran, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We tested how habitat structure and fragmentation affect the spatial distribution of common murine rodents inhabiting human-dominated landscapes in So...

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Envisioning a resilient future for biodiversity conservation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Thurstan, R. H. & Hockings, K. J. & Hedlund, J. S. U. & Bersacola, E. & Collins, C. & Early, R. & Ermiasi, Y. & Fleischer-Dogley, F. & Gilkes, G. & Harrison, M. E. & Imron, M. A. & Kaiser-Bunbury, C. N. & Katoppo, D. R. & Marriott, C. & Muzungaile, M. M. & Nuno, A. & Barros, A. R. de & Veen, F. van & Wijesundara, I. & Dogley, D. & Bunbury, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect societies across the world, the ongoing economic and social disruptions are likely to present fundamental...

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Incriminating bluetongue virus vectors with climate envelope models.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Purse, B. V. & McCormick, B. J. J. & Mellor, P. S. & Baylis, M. & Boorman, J. P. T. & Borras, D. & Burgu, I. & Capela, R. & Caracappa, S. & Collantes, F. & Liberato, C. de & Delgado, J. A. & Denison, E. & Georgiev, G. & El-Harak, M. & Rocque, S. de la & Lhor, Y. & Lucientes, J. & Mangana, O. & Miranda, M. A. & Nedelchev, N. & Nomikou, K. & Ozkul, A. & Patakakis, M. & Pena, I. & Scaramozzino, P. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spread of vector-borne diseases into new areas, commonly attributed to environmental change or increased trade and travel, could be exacerbated if...

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Stochastic models of foot and mouth disease in feral pigs in the Australian semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: Dexter, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is one of the world's most important livestock diseases and pigs Sus scrofa are highly susceptible. In countries with sig...

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