Effects of host diversity on infectious disease

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 157-182

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   Keesing, Felicia ^a,b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; dilution effect; disease ecology; ecosystem services; hantavirus; Lyme disease; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VIRUS;

EID: 84868267156     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102710-145022     Document Type: Review

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