Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice

Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice

By A. Alonso Aguirre, Richard S. Ostfeld, Gary M. Tabor, Carol House and Mary C. Pearl

Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice PDF. Conservation medicine is an emerging discipline, focussing on the intersection of ecosystem health, animal health, and human health. Work in the biomedical and veterinary sciences is now being folded into conservation biology; to explore the connections between animal and human health; trace the environmental sources of pathogens and pollutants; develop an understanding of the ecological causes of changes in human and animal health; and understand the consequences of diseases to populations and ecological communities. Conservation Medicine defines this new discipline. It examines ecological health issues from various standpoints, including the emergence and resurgence of infectious disease agents; the increasing impacts of toxic chemicals and hazardous substances; and the health implications of habitat fragmentation and degradation and loss of biodiversity. It will provide a framework to examine the connections between the health of the planet and the health of all species and challenge practitioners and students in the health sciences and natural sciences to think about new, collaborative ways to address ecological health concerns.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Contents
Contributors
I. Ecological Health and Change
II. Monitoring Ecological Health
III. Ecological Health and Humans
IV. Implementing Conservation Medicine
V. Conservation Medicine and Challenges for the Future
Index

File Size 7.6 MB
File Format PDF
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