Sex, friends, and disease: social ecology of elk (Cervus elaphus) with implications for pathogen transmission

Sex, friends, and disease: social ecology of elk (Cervus elaphus) with implications for pathogen transmission

Many mammals are social. The most basic social behaviour is when the actions of one conspecific are directed toward another, what we call the dyadic interaction. Both intrinsic and extrinsic factors may affect an individuals propensity to interact with other members of a population. I used a social...

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Main Author: Vander Wal, Eric
Other Authors: Messier, François
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2011
Subjects:
Spatial scale
Sexual segregation
Social network analysis
Sociality
Pathogen transmission
Riding Mountain National Park
Relatedness
Behaviour
Bovine tuberculosis
Habitat
Information flow
Interaction rate
Isocline
Cervus elaphus
Mycobacterium bovis
Landscape genetics
Wildlife management
Group size
Frequency dependence
Density dependence
Disease
Elk
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-07182011-081159/

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