Effects of species diversity on disease risk

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-498

  Keesing, F ^a,c   Holt, R D ^b   Ostfeld, R S ^c  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dilution effect; Disease ecology; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Host; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645372270     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00885.x     Document Type: Review

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