Conservation medicine is an emerging discipline, focussing on the intersection of ecosystem health, animal health, and human health. Work in the biomedical and veterinary sciences is now being folded into conservation biology; to explore the connections between animal and human health; trace the environmental sources of pathogens and pollutants; develop an understanding of the ecological causes of changes in human and animal health; and understand the consequences of diseases to populations and ecological communities. Conservation Medicine defines this new discipline. It examines ecological health issues from various standpoints, including the emergence and resurgence of infectious disease agents; the increasing impacts of toxic chemicals and hazardous substances; and the health implications of habitat fragmentation and degradation and loss of biodiversity. It will provide a framework to examine the connections between the health of the planet and the health of all species and challenge practitioners and students in the health sciences and natural sciences to think about new, collaborative ways to address ecological health concerns.
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Conservation Medicine brings together an impressive group of experts from diverse specialties (medicine, veterinary science, conservation biology, epidemiology, parasitology, public health, and others) to examine the links among human health, wildlife health, and ecosystem health. [The book] goes a long way toward teaching us to analyze health problems in ecological context If the book gets the attention it deserves, it will inspire researchers, funders, policy makers, and the general public in both developed and developing countries to become involved in finding collaborative solutions to the conservation crisis. " --Environmental Health Perspectives
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A. Alosno Aguirre is at Wildlife Preservation Trust International. Richard S. Ostfeld is at Institute for Ecosystem Studies.
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A primary goal of conservation medicine is the pursuit of ecological health or, by extension, the health of ecosystem and their inhabitants. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conservation medicine, amphibian chytridiomycosis, reservoir competence, toxic microalgae, tick meals, competence decay, pathogen pollution, host population structure, global ecological integrity, morbillivirus infection, ecological health problems, harmful marine microalgae, toxic outbreaks, disease emergence, cordon fences, tick density, wildlife health, incorporating behavior, phocine distemper virus, wildlife disease, ecosystem health, deer density, gorilla beringei, ecological life support systems, algal toxins Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Emerg Infect Dis, Wildl Dis, Conserv Biol, Great Lakes, North America, West Nile, Trop Med Hyg, World Health Organization, Island Press, Med Entomol, Zoo Wildl Med, Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, New England, Oxford University Press, Rev Sci Tech, National Institute, North Carolina, Yellowstone National Park, Mol Ecol, Southeast Asia, Environmental Protection Agency, New Zealand New!
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A primary goal of conservation medicine is the pursuit of ecological health or, by extension, the health of ecosystem and their inhabitants. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conservation medicine, amphibian chytridiomycosis, reservoir competence, toxic microalgae, tick meals, competence decay, pathogen pollution, host population structure, global ecological integrity, morbillivirus infection, ecological health problems, harmful marine microalgae, toxic outbreaks, disease emergence, cordon fences, tick density, wildlife health, incorporating behavior, phocine distemper virus, wildlife disease, ecosystem health, deer density, gorilla beringei, ecological life support systems, algal toxins Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Emerg Infect Dis, Wildl Dis, Conserv Biol, Great Lakes, North America, West Nile, Trop Med Hyg, World Health Organization, Island Press, Med Entomol, Zoo Wildl Med, Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, New England, Oxford University Press, Rev Sci Tech, National Institute, North Carolina, Yellowstone National Park, Mol Ecol, Southeast Asia, Environmental Protection Agency, New Zealand New!
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- Global Environment Outlook 2000 by Klaus Topfer on page 360
- Genetic Diversity of RNA Viruses (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology) by John J. Holland on page 59
- On the Origin of Species; The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870 (Volume V) by Charles Darwin on page 8
- The Arrogance of Humanism by David W. Ehrenfeld in Front Matter
- Global Environment Outlook by United Nations Environment Programme on page 360
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- A Primer of Conservation Biology, Third Edition by Richard B. Primack on page 60, and Back Matter
- Marine Mammal Research: Conservation beyond Crisis by Timothy J. Ragen in Back Matter
- Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics by Sharon K. Collinge on page 39
- Science Magazine's State of the Planet 2006-2007 by Donald Kennedy on page 166
- Toxicology of Reptiles (New Perspectives: Toxicology and the Environment) by Susan C. M. Gardner on page 238
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