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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EAN: 9781316501900
UPC: 9781316501900
ISBN: 9781316501900
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Book Title: Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data a
Item Length: 24.1 cm
Number of Pages: 690 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data and Application
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Geology, Zoology, Biology, Mathematics
Item Height: 245 mm
Item Weight: 1460 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Andy Fenton, Dan Tompkins, Kenneth Wilson
Item Width: 175 mm
Format: Paperback
