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Description: |
xiv, 506 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction / Felicia Keesing, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Valerie T. Eviner -- Effects of ecosystems on disease. Introduction / Felicia Keesing -- Effects of host diversity on disease dynamics / Michael Begon -- The role of vector diversity in disease dynamics / Alison G. Power and Alexander S. Flecker -- Understanding host-multipathogen systems : modeling the interaction between ecology and immunology / Pejman Rohani, Helen J. Wearing, Daniel A. Vasco, and Yunxin Huang -- Influence of eutrophication on disease in aquatic ecosystems : patterns, processes, and predictions / Pieter T.J. Johnson and Stephen R. Carpenter -- Landscape structure, disturbance, and disease dynamics / Hamish McCallum -- Effects of disease on ecosystems. Introduction / Valerie T. Eviner -- Effects of disease on keystone species, dominant species, and their communities / Sharon K. Collinge, Chris Ray, and Jack F. Cully, Jr. -- Red queen communities / Keith Clay, Kurt Reinhart, Jennifer Rudgers, Tammy Tintjer, Jennifer Koslow, and S. Luke Flory -- Invasion biology and parasitic infections / Sarah E. Perkins, Sonia Altizer, Ottar Bjornstad, Jeremy J. Burdon, Keith Clay, Lorena Gomez- Aparicio, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Pieter T.J. Johnson, Kevin D. Lafferty, Carolyn M. Malmstrom, Patrick Martin, Alison Power, David L. Strayer, Peter H. Thrall, and Maria Uriarte -- Effects of disease on community interactions and food web structure / Kevin D. Lafferty -- Is infectious disease just another type of predator-prey interaction? / Spencer R. Hall, Kevin D. Lafferty, James M. Brown, Carla E. Caceres, Jonathan M. Chase, Andrew P. Dobson, Robert D. Holt, Clive G. Jones, Sarah E. Randolph, and Pejman Rohani -- Microbial disease in the sea : effects of viruses on carbon and nutrient cycling / Mathias Middelboe -- Effects of pathogens on terrestrial ecosystem function / Valerie T. Eviner and Gene E. Likens -- Disease effects on landscape and regional systems : a resilience framework / F. Stuart Chapin III, Valerie T. Eviner, Lee M. Talbot, Bruce A. Wilcox, Dawn R. Magness, Carol A. Brewer, and Daniel S. Keebler -- Research frontiers in ecological systems : evaluating the impacts of infectious disease on ecosystems / Sharon L. Deem, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Jessica R. Ward, and Bruce A. Wilcox -- Management and applications. Introduction / Richard S. Ostfeld -- The community context of disease emergence : could changes in predation be a key driver? / Robert D. Holt -- The emergence of wildlife disease and the application of ecology / Peter J. Hudson, Sarah E. Perkins, and Isabella M. Cattadori -- Applied biodiversity science : managing emerging diseases in agriculture and linked natural systems using ecological principles / K.A. Garrett and C.M. Cox -- The ecology of an infectious coral disease in the Florida Keys : from pathogens to politics / James W. Porter, Erin K. Lipp, Kathryn P. Sutherland, and Erich Mueller -- Infection and ecology : Calomys callosus, Machupo Virus, and Acute Hemorrhagic Fever / Karl M. Johnson -- Resolved : emerging infections of humans can be controlled by ecological Interventions / C.J. Peters -- From ecological theory and knowledge to application / James E. Childs -- Educating about infectious disease ecology / Carol A. Brewer, Alan R. Berkowitz, Patricia A. Conrad, James Porter, and Margaret Waterman -- Concluding comments : frontiers in the ecology of infectious diseases. The ecology of infectious diseases : progress, challenges, and frontiers / Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, and Valerie T. Eviner. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Subject: Gathering thirteen essays by forty leading experts who convened at the Cary Conference at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in 2005, this book develops an integrated framework for understanding where these diseases come from, what ecological factors influence their impacts, and how they in turn influence ecosystem dynamics. It marks the first comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the rich and complex linkages between ecology and disease, and provides conceptual underpinnings to understand and ameliorate epidemics. It also sheds light on the roles that diseases play in ecosystems, bringing vital new insights to landscape management issues in particular. While the ecological context is a key piece of the puzzle, effective control and understanding of diseases requires the interaction of professionals in medicine, epidemiology, veterinary medicine, forestry, agriculture, and ecology. The essential resource on the subject, this book seeks to bridge these fields with an ecological approach that focuses on systems thinking and complex interactions. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Infectious disease ecology. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008 (OCoLC)645894820 |