This book is the first major synthesis of theory and empirical knowledge regarding the ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases in natural, unmanaged, animal and plant populations. Throughout the book, the contributors develop a dialogue between the patterns observed in empirical studies of disease in natural populations and the mathematical models used to dissect and examine the observed epidemiological patterns. The book is divided into a number of reviews and group reports by experts in various fields. Two sections synthesize important issues relating to the dynamics of microparasites and macroparasites, while the others discuss spatial patterns in disease dynamics and the evolutionary biology of parasites, pathogens and their hosts. This book will be of use to graduate students and specialists in mathematical biology and epidemiology.
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"...I recommend this book for all ecologists with an interest in diseases and population dynamics, as well as instructors interested in updating their course lecture notes on classic predator-prey interactions." Nicholas J. Gotelli, Quarterly Review of Biology
"...provides a comprehensive statement of what we do know by elegantly synthesizing current theory describing the dynamic behavior of diseases in nature and summarizing data from quantitative field studies....a rich resource for field studies of all levels of detail." Edwin Grosholz, Ecology
"This book represents the current state of thought and research connecting theory and data in host-parasite interactions, particularly for wildlife, and as such should find a home on the shelves of all workers in the field from graduate students to full professors to resource mnagers. Hopefully, it will promote meaningful collaboration in the future by theoreticians and empiricists in this very important area of ecology and evolution." Janet A. Morrison, Ecoscience
"Those who work in this area will undoubtedly wish to acquire their own copies of these books." B.S. Drasar, Epidemiol. Infect.
"...provides a comprehensive statement of what we do know by elegantly synthesizing current theory describing the dynamic behavior of diseases in nature and summarizing data from quantitative field studies....a rich resource for field studies of all levels of detail." Edwin Grosholz, Ecology
"This book represents the current state of thought and research connecting theory and data in host-parasite interactions, particularly for wildlife, and as such should find a home on the shelves of all workers in the field from graduate students to full professors to resource mnagers. Hopefully, it will promote meaningful collaboration in the future by theoreticians and empiricists in this very important area of ecology and evolution." Janet A. Morrison, Ecoscience
"Those who work in this area will undoubtedly wish to acquire their own copies of these books." B.S. Drasar, Epidemiol. Infect.
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This is the first major synthesis of the theory and empirical knowledge about the ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases in natural, unmanaged, animal and plant populations. Throughout the book a dialogue is developed between the patterns observed in empirical studies of disease in natural populations and the mathematical models used to dissect and examine the observed epidemiological patterns. The book arose from a symposium at the Newton Institute at Cambridge University.
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It is well accepted that infectious diseases have been among the dominant selective forces influencing human populations over the past 10,000 years (Haldane 1949, McNeil 1976). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parasite frequency distributions, macroparasitic systems, infected coexistence, wildlife disease models, periparturient immunosuppression, common seal populations, macroparasite models, regulating host abundance, mean parasite burden, threshold surplus, parasite induced host mortality, age intensity curves, phocid distemper virus, parasite aggregation, host genetic diversity, lizard malaria, host population dynamics, possum populations, clonal fish, host population size, critical community size, interspecific transmission, macroparasitic infections, basic reproduction ratio, host fecundity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Zealand, Academic Press, Oxford University Press, United States, Cambridge University Press, North America, Parasite Immunol, Animal Ecol, Population Dynamics of Rabies, Van Riper, East Africa, Lecture Notes, North Sea, Blackwell Scientific, Iowa State University Press, Andy Dobson, Boca Raton, References Anderson, Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, University of Chicago Press, Australasian Conference, Barlow Table, Caxton Press, Denis Mollison New!
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It is well accepted that infectious diseases have been among the dominant selective forces influencing human populations over the past 10,000 years (Haldane 1949, McNeil 1976). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parasite frequency distributions, macroparasitic systems, infected coexistence, wildlife disease models, periparturient immunosuppression, common seal populations, macroparasite models, regulating host abundance, mean parasite burden, threshold surplus, parasite induced host mortality, age intensity curves, phocid distemper virus, parasite aggregation, host genetic diversity, lizard malaria, host population dynamics, possum populations, clonal fish, host population size, critical community size, interspecific transmission, macroparasitic infections, basic reproduction ratio, host fecundity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Zealand, Academic Press, Oxford University Press, United States, Cambridge University Press, North America, Parasite Immunol, Animal Ecol, Population Dynamics of Rabies, Van Riper, East Africa, Lecture Notes, North Sea, Blackwell Scientific, Iowa State University Press, Andy Dobson, Boca Raton, References Anderson, Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, University of Chicago Press, Australasian Conference, Barlow Table, Caxton Press, Denis Mollison New!
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- Population Biology of Infectious Diseases: Dahlem Workshop Reports Life Sciences Research Report 25 (Life Sciences Research Reports) by R. M. Anderson on 7 pages
- Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control (Oxford Science Publications) by Roy M. Anderson on 5 pages
- Applied Population Biology (Monographiae Biologicae) by S.K. Jain on page 229, and page 257
- Ecology and Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions (Linnean Society Symposium Series) by D. Rollinson on page 292, and page 476
- Diseases and Plant Population Biology (Cambridge Studies in Ecology) by J. J. Burdon on page 473
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- Ecology of Wildlife Host-Parasite Interactions (Parasitology) by Bryan T. Grenfell on 10 pages
- Essentials of Disease in Wild Animals by Gary A. Wobeser on 6 pages
- The Ecology and Evolution of Inducible Defenses by Ralph Tollrian on 4 pages
- Epidemic Models: Their Structure and Relation to Data (Publications of the Newton Institute) by Denis Mollison on page 12, page 33, and page 184
- Soay Sheep: Dynamics and Selection in an Island Population by T. H. Clutton-Brock in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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