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Demography, disease and the devil: life history changes in a disease-affected population of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Date

Authors

Lachish, Shelly

McCallum, Hamish

Jones, Menna E

Publisher

British Ecological Society

Abstract

1. Examining the demographic responses of populations to disease epidemics and the nature of compensatory responses to perturbation from epidemics is critical to our understanding of the processes affecting population dynamics and our ability to conserve

Keywords

Keywords: age structure; demography; endangered species; epidemic; infectious disease; life history trait; marsupial; sex ratio; sexual maturity; survival; tumor; age distribution; animal; animal disease; article; Australia; epidemic; female; male; marsupial; popul Age structure; Demographic compensation; Devil facial tumour disease; Sex ratio biases; Tasmanian devil

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57806

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Animal Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01494.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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