Infectious Disease Ecology : Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems /

News headlines are forever reporting diseases that take huge tolls on humans, wildlife, domestic animals, and both cultivated and native plants worldwide. These diseases can also completely transform the ecosystems that feed us and provide us with other critical benefits, from flood control to water...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Eviner, Valerie T., Keesing, Felicia, Ostfeld, Richard S., 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Parasit
Wirt
Ökosystem
Tierkrankheit
Ecosystem health.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology.
ecology.
Relations hôte-parasite.
Écosystemes.
Écologie microbienne.
Écologie.
Maladies infectieuses.
Animaux > Maladies infectieuses > Aspect de l'environnement.
Relations hôte-parasite > Aspect de l'environnement.
Écosystemes > Sante.
Host-Parasite Interactions
Environment
Ecosystem
Environmental Microbiology
Ecology
Communicable Diseases
Host-parasite relationships.
Biotic communities.
Microbial ecology.
Ecology.
Communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases in animals > Environmental aspects.
Host-parasite relationships > Environmental aspects.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:News headlines are forever reporting diseases that take huge tolls on humans, wildlife, domestic animals, and both cultivated and native plants worldwide. These diseases can also completely transform the ecosystems that feed us and provide us with other critical benefits, from flood control to water purification. And yet diseases sometimes serve to maintain the structure and function of the ecosystems on which humans depend. 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 inte.
Physical Description:1 online resource (504 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781400837885

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