Wildlife Disease Ecology : Linking Theory to Data and Application Paperback / softback
Edited by Kenneth (Lancaster University) Wilson, Andy (University of Liverpool) Fenton, Dan Tompkins
Part of the Ecological Reviews series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:690 pages, 61 Halftones, black and white; 223 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:14/11/2019
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- ISBN:9781316501900
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:690 pages, 61 Halftones, black and white; 223 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:14/11/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781316501900
