caa a22 4500 467882339 CHVBK 20180406152724.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10393-006-0063-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10393-006-0063-3 The Role of Ecotones in Emerging Infectious Diseases [Elektronische Daten] [Dickson Despommier, Brett Ellis, Bruce Wilcox] Recognition of the significance of the boundary between ecological systems, often referred to as the ecotone, has a long history in the ecological sciences and in zoonotic disease research. More recent research in landscape ecology has produced an expanded view of ecotones and elaboration of their characteristics and functions in ecosystems. Parallel research on emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and the causes of increased rates of pathogen transmission, spread, and adaptation suggests a correspondence between ecotonal processes and the ecological and evolutionary processes responsible for zoonotic and vector-borne emerging infections. A review of the literature suggests that ecotones play a role in a number of the most important EIDs. Yet these are the only diseases for which specific landscape ecological information exists in the literature or disease reports. However, the similar disease ecologies of these with about half of the approximately 130 zoonotic EIDs suggests ecotones, particularly their anthropogenic origination or modification, may be generally associated with ecotones and the global trend of increasing EIDs. Ecohealth Journal Consortium, 2006 ecotones nationallicence EIDs nationallicence emerging infectious diseases nationallicence Despommier Dickson Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 10032, New York, NY, USA aut Ellis Brett Department of Tropical Medicine, Microbiology, and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Kaka'ako, 96813, Honolulu, HI, USA aut Wilcox Bruce Department of Tropical Medicine, Microbiology, and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Kaka'ako, 96813, Honolulu, HI, USA aut EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 3/4(2006-12-01), 281-289 1612-9202 3:4<281 2006 3 10393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0063-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0063-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Despommier Dickson Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 10032, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ellis Brett Department of Tropical Medicine, Microbiology, and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Kaka'ako, 96813, Honolulu, HI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilcox Bruce Department of Tropical Medicine, Microbiology, and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Kaka'ako, 96813, Honolulu, HI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 3/4(2006-12-01), 281-289 1612-9202 3:4<281 2006 3 10393 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer