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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2012
Print publication year:
2011
Online ISBN:
9780511987359
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511987359
Series:
Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Subjects:
Life Sciences, Ecology and Conservation, Zoology
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Book description

Interactions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally been viewed as the foundation of community structure. Parasites – long ignored in community ecology – are now recognized as playing an important part in influencing species interactions and consequently affecting ecosystem function. Parasitism can interact with other ecological drivers, resulting in both detrimental and beneficial effects on biodiversity and ecosystem health. Species interactions involving parasites are also key to understanding many biological invasions and emerging infectious diseases. This book bridges the gap between community ecology and epidemiology to create a wide-ranging examination of how parasites and pathogens affect all aspects of ecological communities, enabling the new generation of ecologists to include parasites as a key consideration in their studies. This comprehensive guide to a newly emerging field is of relevance to academics, practitioners and graduates in biodiversity, conservation and population management, and animal and human health.

Reviews

'Hatcher and Dunn have done us a great service. Theirs is an important and timely book that should catalyse research at the interface of epidemiology and community ecology. It reads well … is also well referenced … With its nice combination of models and empirical examples, [this book] seems tailor-made for a graduate course in community ecology or ecological parasitology.'

Robert Poulin Source: Ecology

'The ecology of infectious disease is a fast growing topic … To date, there has not been an adequate text to teach from. [This book] … fills this niche well. In contrast to contributed volumes, [it] speaks with a single voice. The authors use themes centered around mathematical epidemiology and community ecology, but they do so in such a way that is accessible to non-math savvy students … does a very good job summarizing the relevant literature in tables that efficiently indicate who has done what on a particular question. The text covers many systems … We just finished using it in our graduate seminar and found it to be up to date and comprehensive. Since then, I have referred to it regularly … will be required reading for our future graduate students … should be required reading for any ecologist.'

Kevin Lafferty - US Geological Survey

'This is a very useful book which is likely to have considerable impact in stimulating both theoretical as well as empirical studies on the way in which parasites manipulate and modify the world in which we live. It is particularly recommended to graduate and postgraduate students for its logical, comprehensive layout and the wealth of literature, mostly recent, which is discussed.'

Trevor Petney Source: Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

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