Infectious Diseases in Primates: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution

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Infectious Diseases in Primates: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution
By Charles Nunn, Sonia Altizer,


Publisher:  Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages:  400
Publication Date:  2006-06-12
Sales Rank:  3231426
ISBN / ASIN:  0198565844
EAN:  9780198565840
Binding:  Hardcover
Manufacturer:  Oxford University Press, USA
Studio:  Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Description:

This title includes the following features: The first book to synthesise and integrate the previously disparate areas of primate socioecology, parasite functional categories, host defences, and theoretical models of disease spread. ; Organizes hypotheses according to parasite traits such as transmission mode, host specificity and virulence.; Develops a new co-evolutionary framework for investigating parasites and primate social evolution at empirical and theoretical scales.; Ideal graduate seminar course material.

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