Summary: The chapters in this book llustrate aspects of communityy ecology that influence pathogen transmission rates and disease dynamics in a wide variety of

News headlines are forever reporting diseases that take huge tolls on humans, wildlife, domestic animals, and both cultivated and native plants worldwide. These

This book summarizes current advances in our understanding of how infectious disease represents an ecological interaction between a pathogenic microorganism and

Integrates the theoretical principles underlying disease transmission with the practical health considerations involved in helping wildlife professionals and co

Introduces readers to key case studies that illustrate how theory and data can be integrated to understand wildlife disease ecology.