Global drivers of human pathogen richness and prevalence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1694, 2010, Pages 2587-2595

  Dunn, Robert R ^a   Davies, T Jonathan ^b,c   Harris, Nyeema C ^a   Gavin, Michael C ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disease; Diversity gradients; Global climate; Human health

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MAMMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956922359     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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