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SUBMITTER: Peterson AT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1803015 | biostudies-other | 2007
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Peterson A Townsend AT Benz Brett W BW Papeş Monica M
PloS one 20070228 2
Given the possibility of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza arriving in North America and monitoring programs that have been established to detect and track it, we review intercontinental movements of birds. We divided 157 bird species showing regular intercontinental movements into four groups based on patterns of movement-one of these groups (breed Holarctic, winter Eurasia) fits well with the design of the monitoring programs (i.e., western Alaska), but the other groups have quite differe ...[more]