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Research Publications (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
Items in this Collection
- 1Chronic wasting disease
- 1Climate change
- 1Competition
- 1Critical domain size
- 1Deer population model
- 1Disease transmission
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2013-01-01
Merrill, E., Lewis, Mark A., Pybus, M., Potapov, A., Coltman, D.
We develop a model for the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) population to assess possible mechanisms of disease transmission and parameterize it for the mule deer population in Alberta, Canada. We consider seven mechanisms of disease transmission...
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2004-01-01
Predictions for climate change include movement of temperature isoclines up to 1000 meters per year, and this is supported by recent empirical studies. This paper considers effects of a rapidly changing environment on competitive outcomes between species. The model is formulated as a system of...