Disease Ecology

Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics

Edited by Sharon K. Collinge and Chris Ray

Strengthens the integration of community ecology and epidemiology
Focuses on aspects of community ecology that influence pathogen transmission rate and disease dynamics in a variety of study systems
Boxes highlight key concepts and novel techniques in disease ecology, and a common chapter plan creates a cohesive reading experience
Brings together cutting-edge contributions from the leading figures in the field
Outlines a future research agenda

Disease Ecology

Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics

Edited by Sharon K. Collinge and Chris Ray

Description

Disease Ecology highlights exciting advances in theoretical and empirical research towards understanding the importance of community structure in the emergence of infectious diseases. The chapters in this book illustrate aspects of community ecology that influence pathogen transmission rates and disease dynamics in a wide variety of study systems. The innovative studies presented here communicate a clear message: studies of epidemiology can be approached from the perspective of community ecology, and students of community ecology can contribute significantly to epidemiology.

Disease Ecology

Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics

Edited by Sharon K. Collinge and Chris Ray

1. Community ecology meets epidemiology, Sharon K. Collinge and Chris Ray
2. Extending the principles of community ecology to address the epidemiology of host-pathogen systems, Robert D. Holt and Andrew P. Dobson
3. Community ecology meets epidemiology: the case of Lyme disease, Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, and Kathleen LoGiudice
4. Microbial community ecology of tick-borne human pathogens, Keith Clay, Clay Fuqua, Curt Lively and Michael J. Wade
5. Disease dynamics in plant communities, Charles E. Mitchell and Alison G. Power
6. Host selection and its role in transmission of arboviral encephalitides, Robert S. Unnasch, Eddie W. Cupp and Thomas R. Unnasch
7. Freshwater community interactions and malaria, Eliska Rejmánková , John Grieco, Nicole Achee, Penny Masuoka, Kevin Pope, Donald Roberts, and Richard M.Higashi
8. The community ecology of Vibrio cholerae, Kathryn L. Cottingham and Julia M. Butzler
9. Food webs and parasites in a salt marsh ecosystem, Kevin D. Lafferty, Ryan F. Hechinger, Jenny Shaw, Kathleen Whitney, and Armand M. Kuris
10. Shifting roles of abiotic and biotic regulation of a multi-host parasite following disturbance, Mary F. Poteet
11. Urbanization and disease in amphibians, David K. Skelly, Susan R. Bolden, Manja P. Holland, L. Kealoha Freidenburg, Nicole A. Freidenfelds, and Trent R. Malcolm
12. Spatial-temporal dynamics of rabies in ecological communities, Leslie A. Real and James E. Childs
13. The emergence of Nipah and Hendra virus: pathogen dynamics across a wildlife-livestock-human continuum, Peter Daszak, R. Plowright, J. H. Epstein, J. Pulliam, S. Abdul Rahman, H. E. Field, A. Jamalludin, M. Y. Johara, C. S. Smith, K. J. Olival, S. Luby, K. Halpin, A. D. Hyatt, A. A. Cunningham, and the Henipavirus Ecology Research Group (HERG)
14. Potential effects of a keystone species on the dynamics of sylvatic plague, Chris Ray and Sharon K. Collinge