Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds

Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198746249,9780198746256,0198746245,0198746253,9780191063305, 0191063304

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎0191063304
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780191063305
• Author: Jennifer C. Owen, Dana M. Hawley Kathryn P. Huyvaert 

Birds are the most diverse group of land vertebrates and have evolved to exploit almost every terrestrial niche on earth. They also serve as a natural reservoir for an array of different pathogens that pose serious health risks to human and domestic animal populations, including West Nile virus, highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, Newcastle Disease virus, and numerous enteric pathogens. Avian diseases are also critically important to the conservation of endemic bird species in many places around the world.

Table contents:

Chapter 1: A Bird’s Eye View of Avian Disease Ecology

Chapter 2: The Nature of Host–Pathogen Interactions

Chapter 3: Ecoimmunology

Chapter 4: Behavior Shapes Infectious Disease Dynamics in Birds

Chapter 5: Host–Pathogen Evolution and Coevolution in Avian Systems

Chapter 6: Fitness Effects of Parasite Infection in Birds

Chapter 7: Wild Bird Populations in the Face of Disease

Chapter 8: CommunityLevel Interactions and Disease Dynamics

Chapter 9: Land Use Change and Avian Disease Dynamics

Chapter 10: Climate Change and Avian Disease

Chapter 11: Pathogens from Wild Birds at the Wildlife–Agriculture Interface

Chapter 12: Pathogen Transmission at the Expanding Bird–Human Interface

Chapter 13: A Flight Path Forward for Avian Infectious Disease Ecology

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