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Demographic buffering and compensatory recruitment promotes the persistence of disease in a wildlife population

Demographic buffering allows populations to persist by compensating for fluctuations in vital rates, including disease‐induced mortality. Using long‐term data on a badger (Meles meles Linnaeus, 1758) population naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis, we built an integrated population model to q...

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Autores principales: McDonald, Jenni L., Bailey, Trevor, Delahay, Richard J., McDonald, Robbie A., Smith, Graham C., Hodgson, Dave J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26868206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12578