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Description: |
xiii, 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: "In this volume, new human disease pandemics, arising from animals stimulated by ongoing environmental change, demonstrate the value of ornithological research into avian diseases. A group of 29 researchers address a diverse set of topics, including the evolutionary and ecological aspects of the host-vector systems, the effects of genetic variation, introduction success and vector ecology, evolution of resistance and virulence of pathogens, and the effects of changing geographic distributions. In addition to empirical studies under field conditions, the authors present predictive models to assess the movement and potential impact of these diseases. Other chapters delve into the potential impacts of pathogens and the key role of biosurveillance and documenting impacts of disease on bird populations"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Summary: "This volume of Studies in Avian Biology resulted from a Symposium on Avian Disease at the North American Ornithological Conference held in Veracruz, Mexico, in October 2006. The diverse set of topics addressed in the contributed chapters include the evolutionary and ecological aspects of the host-vector systems of avian infectious disease, effects of genetic variation, introduction success and vector ecology, evolution of resistance and virulence of pathogens, and effects of changing geographic distributions. In additional to empirical studies under field conditions, the authors have developed predictive models to assess the movement and potential impact of these diseases. Other chapters delve into the potential impacts of pathogens on ornithological research and the key role of ornithological science in biosurveillance and documenting impacts of disease on bird populations"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Environmental and behavioral aspects of transmission. Ecological associations of West Nile virus and avian hosts in an arid environment / Holly B. Vuong [and others] ;The trans-Atlantic movement of the spirochete Borrelia garinii : the role of ticks and their seabird hosts / Sabir Bin Muzaffar [and others] ; Parasitism in the endemic Galápagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) and its relation to host genetic diversity and immune response / Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Robert E. Ricklefs, Patricia G. Parker -- Population-level impacts. Prevalence and effects of West Nile virus on wild American kestrel (Falco sparverius) populations in Colorado / Robert J. Dusek, William M. Iko, Erik K. Hofmeister ; First example of a highly prevalent but low-impact malaria in an endemic New Zealand passerine : Plasmodium of Tiritiri Matangi Island bellbirds (Anthornis melanura) / Rosemary K. Barraclough [and others] -- Monitoring, detection, and research practices. Prototype system for tracking and forecasting highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza spread in North America / A. Townsend Peterson ; Immunophenotyping of avian lymphocytes : implications and future for understanding diseases in birds / Jeanne M. Fair [and others] ; Zoonotic diseases : what ornithologists and bird banders should know / Ornithological Council. |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10547321 |
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Series Added Entry: |
Studies in avian biology ; no. 42. |