Ecology of Wildlife Diseases
Contributors: Peter Hudson (Editor); Annapaola Rizzoli (Editor); Bryan Grenfell (Editor); Hans Heesterbeek (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 14, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780198506201
Subjects: Animal pathology & diseases; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Veterinary pathology & histology; Science; Ecology; Animal Pathology; Epidemiology; Wildlife diseases; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Animal ecology; Congresses
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.