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Host Density Effects

Host Density Effects is a theoretical construct in disease ecology that denotes the causal relationship whereby the transmission dynamics of a pathogen are influenced by the local abundance of its host population within a given habitat.

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The population dynamics of microparasites and their invertebrate hosts

Roy M. Anderson, Robert M. May · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1981 · 1.2K citations

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Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks

John F. Bruno, Elizabeth R. Selig, Kenneth S. Casey et al. · PLoS Biology · 2007 · 883 citations · Full text

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Social Organization and Parasite Risk in Mammals: Integrating Theory and Empirical Studies

Sonia Altizer, Charles L. Nunn, Peter H. Thrall et al. · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2003 · 785 citations · Full text

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Host densities as determinants of abundance in parasite communities

Per Arneberg, Arne Skorping, Bryan T. Grenfell et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1998 · 579 citations · Full text

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A clarification of transmission terms in host-microparasite models: numbers, densities and areas

Michael Begon, Malcolm Bennett, Roger Bowers et al. · Epidemiology and Infection · 2002 · 507 citations · Full text

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    M. P. Hassell

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 1K citations

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    Meghan A. Duffy

    University of Michigan, United States

    10 publications · 522 citations

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  3. MB
    Michael Begon

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Spencer R. Hall

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    8 publications · 488 citations

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    Cheryl J. Briggs

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    7 publications · 744 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    57 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    44 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    43 publications

    5.6K citations

  4. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    15 h-index

    38 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    22 publications

    2K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    10.4K citations

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  1. Ecology

    36 publications · 3.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Animal Ecology

    33 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. Ecological Entomology

    38 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. The American Naturalist

    AN · 26 publications · 2.8K citations

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