| Titre : | Journal of Animal Ecology 77(6) - NOV 2008 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Tim Coulson, Auteur
Article
The dynamics of infectious disease spread depend on host population contact structure. Heterogeneities in this contact structure can arise from various forms of demographic and spatial phenomena. Craft et al. (this issue) have constructed an exp[...]
Article
Paul C. Frost, Auteur ;
Dieter Ebert, Auteur ;
Val H. Smith, Auteur
1. An animal's elemental composition can be an important indicator of its physiological state and role in ecosystem nutrient cycling. We examined the interactive effects of bacterial (Pasteuria ramosa) infection and phosphorus (P)-poor food on t[...]
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M. E. Craft, Auteur ;
P. L. Hawthorne, Auteur ;
C. Packer, Auteur ;
A. P. Dobson, Auteur
1. We provide the first theoretical analysis of multihost disease dynamics to incorporate social behaviour and contrasting rates of within- and between-group disease transmission. 2. A stochastic susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) model of dis[...]
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James C. Bull, Auteur ;
Michael B. Bonsall, Auteur
1. To quantify the interactions between density-dependent, population regulation and density-independent limitation, we studied the time-series dynamics of an experimental laboratory insect microcosm system in which both environmental noise and [...]
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Jan A. van Gils, Auteur ;
Jan H. Beekman, Auteur ;
Pieter Coehoorn, Auteur ;
Els Corporaal, Auteur ;
Ten Dekkers, Auteur ;
Marcel Klaassen, Auteur ;
Rik van Kraaij, Auteur ;
Rinze de Leeuw, Auteur ;
Peter P. de Vries, Auteur
1. Within the broad field of optimal foraging, it is increasingly acknowledged that animals often face digestive constraints rather than constraints on rates of food collection. This therefore calls for a formalization of how animals could optim[...]
