Christopher P. Brooks

Classic flea-borne transmission does not drive plague epizootics in prairie dogs

Webb, Colleen T., Brooks, Christopher P., Gage, Kenneth L., Antolin, Michael F.

We lack a clear understanding of the enzootic maintenance of the bacterium (Yersinia pestis) that causes plague and the sporadic epizootics that occur in its natural rodent hosts. A key to...

Classic flea-borne transmission does not drive plague epizootics in prairie dogs

Webb, Colleen T., Brooks, Christopher P., Gage, Kenneth L., Antolin, Michael F.

We lack a clear understanding of the enzootic maintenance of the bacterium (Yersinia pestis) that causes plague and the sporadic epizootics that occur in its natural rodent hosts. A key to...

The Role of Demography and Markets in Determining Deforestation Rates Near Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Brooks, Christopher P., Holmes, Christopher, Kramer, Karen, Barnett, Barry, Keitt, Timothy H.

The highland forests of Madagascar are home to some of the world's most unique and diverse flora and fauna and to some of its poorest people. This juxtaposition of poverty and biodiversity is...