The Ecology of Wildlife Diseases
Contributors: Peter J. Hudson (Editor); Annapaola Rizzoli (Editor); Bryan T. Grenfell (Editor); Hans Heesterbeek (Editor); Andy P. Dobson (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: February 18, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780198506195
First sentence: The majority of living organisms are parasitic in one form or another, be they a virus invading a sea coral, a tapeworm within the guts of your dog, a cuckoo chick in a reed warbler's nest or a lion stealing a hyaena's kill on the African plain.