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Infectious diseases in primates : behavior, ecology and evolution /

An advanced textbook suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in the fields of behavioural ecology, primatology, conservation biology, biological anthropology, public health and wildlife epidemiology.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nunn, Charles L.
Otros Autores: Altizer, Sonia M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Oxford series in ecology and evolution.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; 1 Questions, terminology, and underlying principles; 2 Diversity and characteristics of primate parasites; 3 Primate socioecology and disease risk: predictions and rationale; 4 Hostparasite dynamics and epidemiological principles; 5 Host defenses: the immune system and behavioral counterstrategies; 6 Infectious disease and primate social systems; 7 Parasites and primate conservation; 8 From nonhuman primates to human health and evolution; 9 Concluding remarks and future directions; References; Index.