Host–pathogen models are essential for designing strategies for managing disease threats
to humans, wild animals and domestic animals. The behaviour of these models is greatly …

We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual
host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual thinking lacks verification …

A definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated
The revised and updated fifth edition of Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems–now in full …

This book provides an introductory text in ecology aimed at undergraduate students and is
divided into sections entitled: introduction; conditions and resources; individuals …

▪ Abstract Baculoviruses occur widely among Lepidoptera, and in some species of forest and
agricultural insects, they cause epizootics in outbreak populations. Here we review recent …

Transmission is a fundamental step in the life cycle of every parasite but it is also one of the
most challenging processes to model and quantify. In most host–parasite models, the …

Species interactions may profoundly influence disease outbreaks. However, disease
ecology has only begun to integrate interactions between hosts and their food resources …

1. Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease of amphibians, caused by the fungal
pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which has been implicated recently in population …

Cannibalism has been documented as a possible disease transmission route in several
species, including humans. However, the dynamics resulting from this type of disease …

Summary 1 Arguably the most important and elusive component of host–parasite models is
the transmission function. Considerable empirical and theoretical work has focused on …