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Disease Ecology - Galapagos Birds and their Parasites (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Disease Ecology - Galapagos Birds and their Parasites (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands
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This book provides the first collection of chapters written by
scientists who have contributed to the understanding of disease
ecology in the Galapagos Islands, an iconic and historic natural
site. The Galapagos Archipelago straddles the equator in the
eastern Pacific Ocean, almost 1000 km off the coast of Ecuador, and
includes 13 major islands, numerous smaller satellite islands, and
many more even smaller islets. The wildlife on the Galapagos
Islands today represents one of the best-preserved wild communities
of plants and animals in the world, owing to the location of the
islands at the intersection of major ocean currents, the commitment
by Ecuador for the vast majority of the area to be left
undeveloped, and the protection provided by the Galapagos National
Park. Most of the animal species in Galapagos are endemic,
occurring nowhere else. But they are descendants of ancestors that
colonized earlier, and then, isolated from their mainland origins,
evolved into forms that are recognized as distinct today. Since
2001, many of the authors of this book have been part of a
four-institution partnership investigating the threats posed by
pathogens to Galapagos avifauna. They approach the topic of disease
ecology in a novel manner, starting with the history of arrival of
both the birds themselves and the pathogens. This synthetic
approach requires the integration of themes from veterinary
medicine, epidemiology, population genetics, and phylogenetics.
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