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An Antarctic Wedell seal sun bath and scratches its hind flipper. But not for long, the endemic seal louse was collected and is along with a small blood sample analysed for studies aimed at understanding disease ecology in the wild.
Photo: K. ±áÃ¥°ù»å¾±²Ô²µ
Population dynamics and epidemiology in natural populations
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Short description
We have three main research topics:
- Marine mammal population dynamics where we study how marine mammal populations are regulated by different factors such as, food limitation, density and anthropogenic contaminants.
- Theoretical biology and population dynamics of metapopulations
- Infectious disease ecology. We study how emerging diseases that can switch host species are regulated and maintained in multi host systems.
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Members
Karin ±áÃ¥°ù»å¾±²Ô²µ
Willian Silva
Tero Härkönen
Britt-Marie Bäcklin
Sara Persson
Mats Isaksson
Jean Pierre Desforges
Johan Jonasson
Bernt Wennberg
Documents
A general model for metapopulations
Emerging disease in harbour seals
Density dependent growth in harbour seals
