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A modelling approach was used to increaseunderstanding of the raccoon-rabies disease-hostsystem. This was achieved through the developmentand application of the Ontario Rabies Model (ORM).The ORM is a spatially explicit individual-basedmodel (IBM) that simulates raccoon demographics,rabies disease transmission and various rabiescontrol strategies. ORM assessment and validationresulted in the creation of a Raccoon EcologyDatabase (REDB), development of a novel approach todensity estimation from capture-mark-recapture dataand the incorporation of information theoreticmethods into model…mehr

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A modelling approach was used to increaseunderstanding of the raccoon-rabies disease-hostsystem. This was achieved through the developmentand application of the Ontario Rabies Model (ORM).The ORM is a spatially explicit individual-basedmodel (IBM) that simulates raccoon demographics,rabies disease transmission and various rabiescontrol strategies. ORM assessment and validationresulted in the creation of a Raccoon EcologyDatabase (REDB), development of a novel approach todensity estimation from capture-mark-recapture dataand the incorporation of information theoreticmethods into model sensitivity analysis (SA). The ORMwas then extended to simulate and track maternal andbi-parentally inherited neutral genetic markers. Therevised model was used to quantify the effect of theNiagara River as a 50 % barrier on raccoon movementin the Niagara Region (43'N 79'W) to infer the effectof this landscape barrier on the spread ofraccoon-rabies. Model development and applicationhas increased understanding of the raccoon-rabiessystem and demonstrated the value of a modellingapproach for ecological explorations.
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Rees Erin E.§Dr. Erin E. Rees has a Master's in Geographical Information Science(GIS) from the University of Edinburgh, UK (class of 2002) andpursued ecological modelling interests for her PhD at TrentUniversity, Canada. Currently Dr. Rees is working at theUniversity of Alberta, Canada to model Chronic Wasting Diseasespread in white-tailed deer.