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Morand S., Guégan Jean-François. (2008). How the biodiversity sciences may aid biological tools and ecological engineering to assess the impact of climatic changes. Revue Scientifique et Technique - Office International des Epizooties, 27 (2), p. 355-366. ISSN 0253-1933.

Titre du document
How the biodiversity sciences may aid biological tools and ecological engineering to assess the impact of climatic changes
Année de publication
2008
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000259353700007
Auteurs
Morand S., Guégan Jean-François
Source
Revue Scientifique et Technique - Office International des Epizooties, 2008, 27 (2), p. 355-366 ISSN 0253-1933
This paper addresses how climate changes interact with other global changes caused by humans (habitat fragmentation, changes in land use, bioinvasions) to affect biodiversity. Changes in biodiversity at all levels (genetic, population and community) affect the functioning of ecosystems, in particular host-pathogen interactions, with major consequences in health ecology (emergence and re-emergence; the evolution of virulence and resistance). In this paper, the authors demonstrate that the biodiversity sciences, epidemiological theory and evolutionary ecology are indispensable in assessing the impact of climate changes, and also for modelling the evolution of host-pathogen interactions in a changing environment. The next step is to apply health ecology to the science of ecological engineering.
Plan de classement
Sciences du milieu [021] ; Santé : généralités [050]
Identifiant IRD
PAR00002749
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