The Ecology Of Wildlife Diseases

Download or read book The Ecology of Wildlife Diseases written by Peter Hudson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2002-01-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of epidemiology is an essential part of understanding how infectious diseases emerge, and how they affect humans, wildlife and wildlife conservation. The integration of modelling techniques with parasitology and population dynamics has been hugely significant for our understanding of disease dynamics. This book on wildlife epidemiology brings the subject right up to date, covering the most recent empirical and theoretical developments in the field.