Animal migration and infectious disease risk

S Altizer, R Bartel, BA Han - science, 2011 - science.org
Animal migrations are often spectacular, and migratory species harbor zoonotic pathogens
of importance to humans. Animal migrations are expected to enhance the global spread of …

The sixth mass coextinction: are most endangered species parasites and mutualists?

RR Dunn, NC Harris, RK Colwell… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The effects of species declines and extinction on biotic interactions remain poorly
understood. The loss of a species is expected to result in the loss of other species that …

[KNJIGA][B] Modeling infectious diseases in humans and animals

MJ Keeling, P Rohani - 2008 - books.google.com
For epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, and health-care professionals, real-time and
predictive modeling of infectious disease is of growing importance. This book provides a …

[KNJIGA][B] Connectivity conservation

KR Crooks, M Sanjayan - 2006 - books.google.com
One of the biggest threats to the survival of many plant and animal species is the destruction
or fragmentation of their natural habitats. The conservation of landscape connections, where …

[KNJIGA][B] Corridor ecology: the science and practice of linking landscapes for biodiversity conservation

JA Hilty, WZ Lidicker Jr, AM Merenlender - 2012 - books.google.com
Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical
experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with …

Mechanisms of disease‐induced extinction

F De Castro, B Bolker - Ecology letters, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Parasites are important determinants of ecological dynamics. Despite the widespread
perception that parasites (in the broad sense, including microbial pathogens) threaten …

Pathogen spillover in disease epidemics

AG Power, CE Mitchell - the american naturalist, 2004 - journals.uchicago.edu
In field experiments manipulating generalist pathogens and host community composition,
the presence of a highly susceptible reservoir species drove disease dynamics in multiple …

Effects of climate change on Arctic marine mammal health

KA Burek, FMD Gulland, TM O'Hara - Ecological Applications, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The lack of integrated long‐term data on health, diseases, and toxicant effects in Arctic
marine mammals severely limits our ability to predict the effects of climate change on marine …

Are diseases increasing in the ocean?

KD Lafferty, JW Porter, SE Ford - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Many factors (climate warming, pollution, harvesting, introduced species) can
contribute to disease outbreaks in marine life. Concomitant increases in each of these …

Infectious diseases and extinction risk in wild mammals

AB Pedersen, KE Jones, CL Nunn… - Conservation …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Parasite‐driven declines in wildlife have become increasingly common and can pose
significant risks to natural populations. We used the IUCN Red List of Threatened and …