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The Biogeography of Host-Parasite Interactions

By Serge Morand , Boris R. Krasnov

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2010
ISBN
9780199561353, 0199561354
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2147909 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
288\288
Topic
Geography
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

Biogeography has renewed its concepts and methods following important recent advances in phylogenetics, macroecology, and geographic information systems. In parallel, the evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions has attracted the interests of numerous studies dealing with life-history traits evolution, community ecology, and evolutionary epidemiology. The Biogeography of Host-Parasite Interactions is the first book to integrate these two fields, using examples from a variety of host-parasite associations in various regions, and across both ecological and evolutionary timescales. Besides a strong theoretical component, there is a bias towards applications, specifically in the fields of biogeography, palaeontology, phylogeography, landscape epidemiology, invasion biology, conservation biology, human evolution, and health ecology. A particular emphasis concerns emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases linked to global changes.

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