Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Contributors xi
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. Effects of Ecosystems on Disease
7. Introduction 9
8. Chapter One. Effects of Host Diversity on Disease Dynamics 12
9. Chapter Two. The Role of Vector Diversity in Disease Dynamics 30
10. Chapter Three. Understanding Host- Multipathogen Systems: Modeling the Interaction Between Ecology and Immunology 48
11. Chapter Four. Influence of Eutrophication on Disease in Aquatic Ecosystems: Patterns, Processes, and Predictions 71
12. Chapter Five. Landscape Structure, Disturbance, And Disease Dynamics 100
13. PART II. Effects of Disease on Ecosystems
14. Introduction 125
15. Chapter Six. Effects of Disease on Keystone Species, Dominant Species, and their Communities 129
16. Chapter Seven. Red Queen Communities 145
17. Chapter Eight. Invasion Biology and Parasitic Infections 179
18. Chapter Nine. Effects of Disease on Community Interactions and Food Web Structure 205
19. Chapter Ten. Is Infectious Disease just another Type of Predator- Prey Interaction? 223
20. Chapter Eleven. Microbial Disease in the Sea: Effects of Viruses on Carbon and Nutrient Cycling 242
21. Chapter Twelve. Effects of Pathogens on Terrestrial Ecosystem Function 260
22. Chapter Thirteen. Disease Effects on Landscape and Regional Systems: a Resilience Framework 284
23. Chapter Fourteen.. Research Frontiers in Ecological Systems: Evaluating the Impacts of Infectious Disease on Ecosystems 304
24. PART III. Management and Applications
25. Introduction 321
26. Chapter Fifteen. The Community Context of Disease Emergence: Could Changes in Predation Be a Key Driver? 324
27. Chapter Sixteen. The Emergence of Wildlife Disease and the Application of Ecology 347
28. Chapter Seventeen. Applied Biodiversity Science: Managing Emerging Diseases in Agriculture and Linked Natural Systems Using Ecological Principles 368
29. Chapter Eighteen. The Ecology of an Infectious Coral Disease in the Florida Keys: From Pathogens to Politics 387
30. Chapter Nineteen. Infection And Ecology: Calomys Callosus, Machupo Virus, and Acute Hemorrhagic Fever 404
31. Chapter Twenty. Resolved: Emerging Infections of Humans Can Be Controlled by Ecological Interventions 423
32. Chapter Twenty- One. From Ecological Theory and Knowledge to Application 441
33. Chapter Twenty- Two. Educating About Infectious Disease Ecology 448
34. PART IV. Concluding Comments: Frontiers in the Ecology of Infectious Diseases
35. The Ecology of Infectious Diseases: Progress, Challenges, and Frontiers 469
36. Index 483