Using physiology to understand climate-driven changes in disease and their implications for conservation
Author(s) -
Jason R. Rohr,
Thomas R. Raffel,
A. R. Blaustein,
Pieter T. J. Johnson,
Sara H. Paull,
S. M. M. Young
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cot022
Subject(s) - climate change , biology , ecology , host (biology) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , population , biodiversity , environmental health , medicine , pathology
Given that host-parasite interactions are generally mediated by physiological responses, we submit that physiological models could facilitate predicting how host-parasite interactions respond to climate change, and might offer theoretical and terminological cohesion that has been lacking in the climate change-disease literature.
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