Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds

Wild Bird Disease Ecology

Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds explores how infectious diseases develop, spread, and persist within wild bird populations and their environments. It examines disease dynamics across multiple levels of ecological organization, from individual hosts to populations and broader ecosystems. The principles presented also provide a useful foundation for understanding infectious diseases in other wildlife host–pathogen systems.

Key Features

• Focuses on infectious diseases of wild birds
• Explores host–pathogen interactions
• Examines disease dynamics across ecological levels
• Covers individual, population, and community processes
• Connects infectious disease with ecological factors
• Explores disease transmission and persistence
• Addresses wildlife host–pathogen systems
• Applies ecological principles to disease research
• Provides concepts relevant beyond avian species
• Suitable for wildlife disease studies
• Useful for ecology and epidemiology students
• Supports understanding of wildlife health and disease ecology