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NCEAS 12094: Swaddle: Testing the importance of ecological theory in predicting human disease: Does avian diversity and community structure predict the incidence of human West Nile virus infection?, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, and Swaddle J of College of William and Mary.2008.Avian community structure and incidence of human West Nile infection.
nceas.929.6
(http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat/nceas.929.6/nceas).
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| Data Table: | SwaddleWestNile.txt
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Organization: | NCEAS 12094: Swaddle: Testing the importance of ecological theory in predicting human disease: Does avian diversity and community structure predict the incidence of human West Nile virus infection? |
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Organization: | National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis |
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Individual: | John Swaddle |
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Organization: | College of William and Mary |
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| Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795 USA |
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| Metrics of avian community structure and human incidence of West Nile infection for select counties in the eastern US. Data are available from 1998 and 2002. |
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Geographic Description: | 130 counties in the eastern US |
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| West: | -91.9167 degrees
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| East: | -80.1833 degrees
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| North: | 46.5333 degrees
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| South: | 25.4333 degrees
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Individual: | John Swaddle |
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Organization: | College of William and Mary |
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| Relating avian community structure to human West Nile infection |
See detailed methods in Swaddle JP, Calos SE (2008) Increased Avian Diversity Is Associated with Lower Incidence of Human West Nile Infection: Observation of the Dilution Effect. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2488 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002488
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002488
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