Mule deer spatial association patterns and potential implications for transmission of an epizootic disease.

Animal social behaviour can have important effects on the long-term dynamics of diseases. In particular, preferential spatial relationships between individuals can lead to differences in the rates of disease spread within a population. We examined the concurrent influence of genetic relatedness, sex...

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Main Authors: María Fernanda Mejía-Salazar, Anne W Goldizen, Clementine S Menz, Ross G Dwyer, Simon P Blomberg, Cheryl L Waldner, Catherine I Cullingham, Trent K Bollinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5384682?pdf=render