Biodiversity and the dilution effect in disease ecology

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 609-619

  Schmidt, K A ^a   Ostfeld, R S ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity and human health; Borrelia burgdorferi; Dilution effect; Disease ecology; Disease reservoirs; Infectious disease; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Peromyscus leucopus; Tamias striatus; Vector borne disease; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOST RANGE; LYME DISEASE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETINAE; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SPIROCHAETALES; TAMIAS STRIATUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS'; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035104467     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0609:BATDEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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