Disruptions of ecosystems in Western North America due to invasion by plague. (Abstracts from the Symposium on Conservation Biology of Ground Squirrels and the Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem)

Authors :: Biggins, Dean E.
Kosoy, Michael Y.
Source :: Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science. June 2001, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p62, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Plague, a disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, likely was transported to North America about 100 years ago via ship-borne rats and their fleas. The bacterium apparently was introduced [...]

Subjects :: Ecological research -- Analysis -- Environmental aspects
Plague -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis
Yersinia pestis -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis
Science and technology
Analysis
Environmental aspects

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