Disease ecology : Galapagos birds and their parasites /: Galapagos birds and their parasites. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Patricia G. Parker, editor.
• Editors: Parker, Patricia G
• Contents: 1 Introduction and Overview, Patricia Parker -- Part I Colonization of Islands by Hosts and Parasites -- 2 Colonization of Galápagos birds -- identifying the closest relative and estimating colonization, Eloisa H.R. Sari and Jennifer Bollmer.- 3 Colonization of Parasites and Vectors, Arnaud Bataille, Iris I. Levin and Eloisa H.R. Sari.- Part II Island Syndromes.- 4 Genetic Diversity in Endemic Galapagos Birds: Patterns and Implications, Jennifer L. Bollmer and Benjamin D. Nims.- 5 From the vagile to the sedentary: disease implications and new host relationships on islands, David Duffy and F. Hernan Vargas.- Part III Host-Switching.- 6 Host-Switching: How it starts, Maricruz Jaramillo and Jose Luis Rivera-Parra.- 7 New host-parasite relationships by host-switching, Diego Santiago Alarcon and Jane Merkel.- Part IV The Spread of Pathogens.- 8 Movement among Islands by Host, Vector, or Parasite, Iris I. Levin and Arnaud Bataille.- 9 Invasion of an avian nest parasite, Philornis downsi, to the Galapagos Islands: colonization history, adaptations to novel ecosystems, and conservation challenges, Birgit Fessl, George E. Heimpel, Charlotte E. Causton.- Part V Challenges for Management.- 10 Domestic and Peridomestic Animals in Galapagos: Health Policies and Practices, Luis Padilla, Nicole Gottdenker, Sharon Deem, Marilyn Cruz.- 11 Filling the Gaps: Improving Sampling and Analysis of Disease Surveillance Data in Galápagos, Kathryn P. Huyvaert.- 12 Collaboration and Politics of Conservation, Patricia G. Parker, R. Eric Miller, Simon J. Goodman.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 636.08909866/5; Life sciences; Veterinary medicine -- Galapagos Islands; Animals -- Diseases -- Environmental aspects -- Galapagos Islands; Birds -- Parasites -- Galapagos Islands; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry; Birds -- Parasites; Ecology; Veterinary medicine; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Conservation of the environment; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Evolution; Biodiversity; Conservation biology; Endangered ecosystems; Evolution (Biology); Biodiversity; Galapagos Islands -- Environmental conditions; Galapagos Islands; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319659091; 3319659081; 9783319659084
• Related ISBNs: 331965909X; 9783319659084
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 3, 2017).
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