Introduced Species, Disease Ecology, and Biodiversity–Disease Relationships

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-54

  Young, Hillary S ^a   Parker, Ingrid M ^b   Gilbert, Gregory S ^b   Sofia Guerra, Ana ^a   Nunn, Charles L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dilution effect; introduced species; invasive species; parasites; prevalence; species richness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; DILUTION; DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 85006040093     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.008     Document Type: Review

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