Does life history mediate changing disease risk when communities disassemble?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1405-1412

  Joseph, Maxwell B ^a   Mihaljevic, Joseph R ^a   Orlofske, Sarah A ^a   Paull, Sara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community disassembly; Community ecology; Dilution effect; Extirpation; Host competence; Life history; Mathematical model; Pathogen transmission

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY DISASSEMBLY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DILUTION EFFECT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EXTIRPATION; HOST COMPETENCE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

COMMUNITY DISASSEMBLY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DILUTION EFFECT; EXTIRPATION; HOST COMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886910532     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12180     Document Type: Review

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