Community disassembly, biodiversity loss, and the erosion of an ecosystem service

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1421-1427

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   LoGiudice, Kathleen ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Blacklegged tick; Community assembly; Community disassembly; Disease ecology; Ecosystem function and ecosystem services; Functional redundancy; Habitat fragmentation; Lyme disease risk; Vertebrate ecology; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LYME DISEASE;

ACARI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344584967     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-3125     Document Type: Article

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