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Author Nunn, Charles L.

Title Infectious diseases in primates : behavior, ecology and evolution / Charles L. Nunn, Sonia Altizer.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 384 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Oxford series in ecology and evolution
Oxford series in ecology and evolution.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-367) and index.
Summary An advanced textbook suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in the fields of behavioural ecology, primatology, conservation biology, biological anthropology, public health and wildlife epidemiology.
Contents Contents; 1 Questions, terminology, and underlying principles; 2 Diversity and characteristics of primate parasites; 3 Primate socioecology and disease risk: predictions and rationale; 4 Hostparasite dynamics and epidemiological principles; 5 Host defenses: the immune system and behavioral counterstrategies; 6 Infectious disease and primate social systems; 7 Parasites and primate conservation; 8 From nonhuman primates to human health and evolution; 9 Concluding remarks and future directions; References; Index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Primates -- Diseases.
Primates -- Diseases.
Communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases -- Environmental aspects.
Communicable diseases -- Environmental aspects.
Primate Diseases.
Behavior, Animal.
Communicable Diseases -- veterinary.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Altizer, Sonia M.
Other Form: Print version: Nunn, Charles L. Infectious diseases in primates. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0198565852 0198565844 (DLC) 2006000425 (OCoLC)62888951
ISBN 9780191513718 (electronic book)
0191513717 (electronic book)
0198565844 (Cloth)
0198565852 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780198565857
9780198565840