Daily model simulation actions in chronological order.

<p>On the right side of the figure the parameters used for each action are presented. For the update of the disease states each rabies exposed (E) dog develops subclinical rabies (SC), clinical rabies (C) and finally dies because of rabies or culling (D). At the end of each day, the model checks whether the criteria to stop the simulation are met or whether the loop will be repeated the next day. Dog confinement strategy and between-community movement ban are timely applied during the between-household and between-community contacts, respectively.</p

Outbreak results for three example control strategies based in 1000 repetitions per scenario.

<p>Three control strategies (RV = reactive vaccination, RC = reactive culling, MB = movement bans) in two regions (Elcho = Elcho Island, NPA = Northern Peninsula Area) were simulated. Number of rabid dogs, dead dogs (i.e. due to rabies or culling) and outbreak duration per scenario are represented for the NPA (upper line) and for Elcho Island (lower line). The box represents the interquartile range (IQR), the horizontal line in the box the median and the whiskers extend to the most extreme data point which is no more than 1.5 times IQR from the box. Outliers are not shown.</p

Distance kernel for contact between dogs from different households.

<p>(A) The daily probability with mean (straight line) and confidence intervals (dotted lines) of two dogs having a contact depends on the distance between their homes. (B) The probability of a daily contact for dogs living 200m away from a rabid dog (vertical line in (A)) is sampled from a beta-pert distribution with the mean of the kernel function as mode and the lower and upper confidence limits as minimum and maximum. prob = probability, hh = household.</p

Rabies detection and vaccination and culling strategies.

<p>The starting order of the strategies in case applying more than one intervention may change (with the exception of pre-emptive vaccination), according to the user defined time delay between the detection of the first rabies case in the region and the start of the respective control strategy (dotted arrows).</p

Summary of model outputs for 6000 repetitions including results from all three control strategies in both regions (1000 repetitions for each scenario).

<p>(A) Frequency distribution of the basic reproductive ratio R₀, (B) frequency distribution of the day of the epidemic peak and (C) number of newly infected dogs at the day of the epidemic peak.</p

Appendix E. Summary of studies used in investigation of the relationship between patch size and brood parasitism of grassland birds.

Summary of studies used in investigation of the relationship between patch size and brood parasitism of grassland birds

Appendix A. Summary of studies investigating relationships between grassland bird nest survival and edge proximity, patch size, or landscape composition.

Summary of studies investigating relationships between grassland bird nest survival and edge proximity, patch size, or landscape composition

Appendix C. Model-selection results for candidate models predicting daily survival rate and brood parasitism of grassland passerines as a function of patch size, region, and additive and interactive combinations of these variables.

Model-selection results for candidate models predicting daily survival rate and brood parasitism of grassland passerines as a function of patch size, region, and additive and interactive combinations of these variables

Dog movements between and within communities of the Northern Peninsular Area (NPA), Australia as reported by dog owners in a survey conducted in 2015.

<p>Dog movements between and within communities of the Northern Peninsular Area (NPA), Australia as reported by dog owners in a survey conducted in 2015.</p

Dog owners' responses to sick dogs in the Northern Peninsular Area (NPA), Australia that encompasses identification of sick dogs, reporting systems, veterinary services, human-dog bites and dog-dog bites from a survey of dog-owners conducted in the NPA in 2015.

<p>Dog owners' responses to sick dogs in the Northern Peninsular Area (NPA), Australia that encompasses identification of sick dogs, reporting systems, veterinary services, human-dog bites and dog-dog bites from a survey of dog-owners conducted in the NPA in 2015.</p