Biodiversity change and human health : from ecosystem services to spread of disease / edited by Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson, and Camille Parmesan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sala, Osvaldo E.

Meyerson, Laura A.

Parmesan, Camille, 1961-

Series:

SCOPE report ; 69.

SCOPE series ; 69

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity.

Environmental health.

Physical Description:

xiii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2009]

Contents:

1 Changes in Biodiversity and Their Consequences for Human Health / Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson, Camille Parmesan 1

Part I Biodiversity and Human Health: Synergisms, Trade-offs, and Road Maps for the Future

2 Biodiversity, Food Provision, and Human Health / Andrew Wilby, Charles Mitchell, Dana Blumenthal, Peter Daszak, Carolyn S. Friedman, Peter Jutro, Asit Mazumder, Anne-Hélène Prieur-Richard, Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau, Manju Sharma, Matthew B. Thomas 13

3 The Impact of Anthropogenic Stress at Global and Regional Scales on Biodiversity and Human Health / David J. Rapport, Peter Daszak, Alain Froment, Jean-Francois Guégan, Kevin D. Lafferty, Anne Larigauderie, Asit Mazumder, Anne Winding 41

4 Biodiversity and Human Health: The Decision-Making Process / Camille Parmesan, Suzanne M. Skevington, Jean-Francois Guégan, Peter Jutro, Stephen R. Kellert, Asit Mazumder, Marie Roué, Manju Sharma 61

5 Sustainable Allocation of Biodiversity to Improve Human Health and Well-Being / Laura A. Meyerson, Osvaldo E. Sala, Alain Froment, Carolyn S. Friedman, Kerstin Hund-Rinke, Pim Martens, Asit Mazumder, Aditya N. Purohit, Matthew B. Thomas, Andrew Wilby 83

Part II Biodiversity and Quality of Life: Beyond Physical Health

6 Biodiversity, Quality of Life, and Evolutionary Psychology / Stephen R. Kellert 99

7 Quality of Life, Biodiversity, and Health: Observations and Applications / Suzanne M. Skevington 129

Part III Decay of Ecosystem Services Following Biodiversity Change, and Consequent Impacts on Human Health

8 Consequences of Aquatic Biodiversity for Water Quality and Health / Asit Mazumder 143

9 The Global Nitrogen Cycle, Biodiversity, and Human Health / Alan R. Townsend, Luiz A. Martinelli, Robert W. Howarth 159

10 Links between Microbial Diversity, Stressors, and Detoxification Capacity / Kerstin Hund-Rinke, Anne Winding 179

Part IV Biodiversity Change and the Spread of Infectious Diseases

11 Microbial Communities: Patterns and Processes / Jean-François Guégan, Hélène Broutin 193

12 Biodiversity and Health: The Place of Parasitic and Infectious Diseases / Alain Froment 211

13 Biodiversity and Disease / Matthew B. Thomas, Kevin D. Lafferty, Carolyn S. Friedman 229

14 Climate Change, Wildlife, and Human Health / Camille Parmesan, Pim Martens 245

Part V Biodiversity as a Resource for Medicine

15 Biodiversity and the Search for New Medicines / Paul Alan Cox 269

16 Human Health, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services: The Interwined Challenging Future / Frederick A. B. Meyerson, Laura A. Meyerson, Camille Parmesan, Osvaldo E. Sala 281.

Notes:

"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, and DIVERSTAS, an international programme of biodiversity science, of the International Council for Science."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781597264969

1597264962

9781597264976

1597264970

OCLC:

196305118