The Threat of Disease Increases as Species Move Toward Extinction

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1378-1388

  Heard, Matthew J ^a,b   Smith, Katherine F ^b   Ripp, Kelsey J ^b   Berger, Melanie ^b   Chen, Jane ^b   Dittmeier, Justin ^b   Goter, Maggie ^b   Mcgarvey, Stephen T ^b   Ryan, Elizabeth ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered; Infectious disease; IUCN; Parasite; Pathogen; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; TAXONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EN PELIGRO; ENDANGERED; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENFERMEDAD INFECCIOSA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESPECIES AMENAZADAS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION; IUCN; MAMMAL; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARÁSITO; PATHOGENESIS; PATÓGENO; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UICN;

EN PELIGRO; ENDANGERED; ENFERMEDAD INFECCIOSA; ESPECIES AMENAZADAS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; IUCN; PARASITE; PARÁSITO; PATHOGEN; PATÓGENO; THREATENED SPECIES; UICN;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897043238     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12143     Document Type: Article

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