EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLANT ECOLOGY
Principles and Applications
by Jos Frantzen (Free University Medical Centre & Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Table of Contents (28k)
Preface (30k)
Chapter 1: Historical background (238k)
The spatial aspects of epidemics have been a largely ignored feature of plant ecology, yet an understanding of the spatial dynamics of pathogens is essential to quantifying the impact of diseases on wild plants. Moreover, it may provide valuable information for the control of human diseases. This seminal work fulfills such a role by describing the basics of botanical epidemiology within the context of plant ecology. A variety of models are covered to estimate key parameters at both the individual plant and population levels, with emphasis on the value of spatial-temporal models in the evolutionary dynamics of pathogens. Practical methods are presented to validate these models, thus making this book accessible to theorists and empiricists alike.
Contents:
- Historical Background
- Monocyclic Infection Processes
- Polycyclic
Infection Processes
- Evolutionary Dynamics of Pathogens
- Modeling Spatial Dynamics of a Pathogen
- Impact of Pathogens on Plants
- Biological Weed Control
Readership: Graduate- and undergraduate-level students in plant ecology or
evolutionary biology, senior scientists interested in the role of pathogens inwild plant populations or the evolutionary dynamics of pathogens, as well asstudents and scientists in biomathematics.
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Pub. date: Jun 2007 |
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