Quantifying contact rates and space use in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) : implications for the transmission of bovine tuberculosis

Quantifying contact rates and space use in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) : implications for the transmission of bovine tuberculosis

This thesis examines the space use, movement and contact rate patterns of a high- density, group-living, Eurasian badger (Meles meles) population in the UK naturally infected with bovine tuberculosis (bTB). Recently developed proximity logging devices were deployed on a representative sample of 51 b...

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Main Author: Reed, Nicola Louise
Other Authors: Bearhop, Stuart : Dall, Sasha : Carter, Stephen
Published: University of Exeter 2011
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Eurasian badger : Meles meles : Bovine tuberculosis : Proximity loggers : Contact rates : Sett use patterns : Social network analysis : individual-level heterogeneity
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547016

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