Ecological and Evolutionary Factors Affecting Rabies Virus Infection in Colonial Insectivorous Bats

An introductory section provides a review for the role of bats as reservoirs of infectious diseases, and highlights the rationale for investigations of host life history, ecology, and evolution in regard to bat epizootiology. Chapter 1 presents field investigations of life history, ecology, body con...

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Main Author: Turmelle, Amy S.
Format: Others
Published: Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2009
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Online Access:http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/65