Vulnerability Of A Killer Whale Social Network To Disease Outbreaks.

dc.creatorGuimarães, Paulo R
dc.creatorde Menezes, Márcio Argollo
dc.creatorBaird, Robin W
dc.creatorLusseau, David
dc.creatorGuimarães, Paulo
dc.creatordos Reis, Sérgio F
dc.date2007-Oct
dc.date2015-11-27T13:10:37Z
dc.date2015-11-27T13:10:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T01:05:46Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T01:05:46Z
dc.identifierPhysical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, And Soft Matter Physics. v. 76, n. 4 Pt 1, p. 042901, 2007-Oct.
dc.identifier1539-3755
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17995045
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/197534
dc.identifier17995045
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1297767
dc.descriptionEmerging infectious diseases are among the main threats to conservation of biological diversity. A crucial task facing epidemiologists is to predict the vulnerability of populations of endangered animals to disease outbreaks. In this context, the network structure of social interactions within animal populations may affect disease spreading. However, endangered animal populations are often small and to investigate the dynamics of small networks is a difficult task. Using network theory, we show that the social structure of an endangered population of mammal-eating killer whales is vulnerable to disease outbreaks. This feature was found to be a consequence of the combined effects of the topology and strength of social links among individuals. Our results uncover a serious challenge for conservation of the species and its ecosystem. In addition, this study shows that the network approach can be useful to study dynamical processes in very small networks.
dc.description76
dc.description042901
dc.languageeng
dc.relationPhysical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, And Soft Matter Physics
dc.relationPhys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
dc.rightsaberto
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectBiophysics
dc.subjectCommunicable Diseases
dc.subjectCommunicable Diseases, Emerging
dc.subjectConservation Of Natural Resources
dc.subjectDisease Outbreaks
dc.subjectEcosystem
dc.subjectSocial Support
dc.subjectWhale, Killer
dc.titleVulnerability Of A Killer Whale Social Network To Disease Outbreaks.
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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