| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 655 pages) |
| Series |
Ecological reviews |
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Ecological reviews.
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| Contents |
Pollinator diseases : the Bombus-Crithidia system / Paul Schmid-Hempel, Lena Wilfert and Regula Schmid-Hempel -- Genetic diversity and disease spread : epidemiological models and empirical studies of a snail-trematode system / Amanda K. Gibson and Curtis M. Lively -- Wild rodents as a natural model to study within-host parasite interactions / Amy B. Pedersen and Andy Fenton -- From population to individual host scale and back again : testing theories of infection and defence in the Soay sheep of St. Kilda / Adam D. Hayward, Romain Garnier, Dylan Z. Childs, Bryan T. Grenfell, Kathryn A. Watt, Jill G. Pilkington, Josephine M. Pemberton and Andrea L. Graham -- The causes and consequences of parasite interactions : African buffalo as a case study / Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Anna E. Jolles, Brianna R. Beechler, Sarah A. Budischak and Erin E. Gorsich ; 6. Effects of host lifespan on the evolution of age-specific resistance : a case study of anther-smut disease on wild carnations / Emily Bruns -- Sexually transmitted infections in natural populations : what have we learnt from beetles and beyond? / Ben Ashby, Jordan E. Jones, Robert J. Knell and Gregory D.D. Hurst -- Using insect baculoviruses to understand how population structure affects disease spread / Bret D. Elderd and Greg Dwyer -- Infection and invasion : study cases from aquatic communities / Melanie J. Hatcher, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Jamie Bojko, Grant D. Stentiford, Paul Stebbing and Alison M. Dunn -- Parasite-mediated selection in red grouse : consequences for population dynamics and mate choice / Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Marius Wenzel, François Mougeot, Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez, Stuart Piertney and Stephen M. Redpath -- Emergence, transmission and evolution of an uncommon enemy : Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease / Menna E. Jones, Rodrigo Hamede, Andrew Storfer, Paul Hohenlohe, Elizabeth P. Murchison and Hamish McCallum -- Bovine tuberculosis in badgers : sociality, infection and demography in a social mammal / Jenni L. McDonald, Richard J. Delahay and Robbie A. McDonald -- Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in bighorn sheep : from exploration to action / Kezia Manlove, Emily S. Almberg, Pauline L. Kamath, Raina K. Plowright, Thomas E. Besser and Peter J. Hudson -- Manipulating parasites in an Arctic herbivore : gastrointestinal nematodes and the population regulation of Svalbard reindeer / R. Justin Irvine, Steve D. Albon, Audun Stien, Odd Halvorsen and Anja M. Carlsson -- The ecological and evolutionary trajectory of oak powdery mildew in Europe / Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau, Frédéric M. Hamelin and Benoit Marçais -- Healthy herds or predator spreaders? : insights from the plankton into how predators suppress and spread disease / Meghan A. Duffy, Carla E. Cáceres and Spencer R. Hall -- Multi-trophic interactions and migration behaviour determine the ecology and evolution of parasite infection in monarch butterflies / Jacobus C. de Roode, Sonia Altizer and Mark D. Hunter -- When chytrid fungus invades : integrating theory and data to understand disease-induced amphibian declines / Mark Q. Wilber, Pieter T.J. Johnson and Cheryl J. Briggs -- Ecology of a marine ectoparasite in farmed and wild salmon / Stephanie J. Peacock, Andrew W. Bateman, Brendan Connors, Sean Godwin, Mark A. Lewis and Martin Krkošek -- Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches : the study of an emerging disease / André A. Dhondt, Andrew P. Dobson and Wesley M. Hochachka -- Processes generating heterogeneities in infection and transmission in a parasite-rabbit system / Isabella M. Cattadori, Ashutosh Pathak and Brian Boag -- Sylvatic plague in Central Asia : a case study of abundance thresholds / Mike Begon, Stephen Davis, Anne Laudisoit, Herwig Leirs and Jonas Reijniers |
| Summary |
Just like humans, animals and plants suffer from infectious diseases, which can critically threaten biodiversity. This book describes key studies that have driven our understanding of the ecology and evolution of wildlife diseases. Each chapter introduces the host and disease, and explains how that system has aided our general understanding of the evolution and spread of wildlife diseases, through the development and testing of important epidemiological and evolutionary theories. Questions addressed include: How do hosts and parasites co-evolve? What determines how fast a disease spreads through a population? How do co-infecting parasites interact? Why do hosts vary in parasite burden? Which factors determine parasite virulence and host resistance? How do parasites influence the spread of invasive species? How do we control infectious diseases in wildlife? This book will provide a valuable introduction to students new to the topic, and novel insights to researchers, professionals and policymakers working in the field |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases.
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Communicable Diseases
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Communicable diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilson, Kenneth, 1963- editor.
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Fenton, Andy, editor.
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Tompkins, Dan, 1971- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781316479964 |
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131647996X |
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