Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease
edited by Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson and Camille Parmesan
Island Press, 2009 Cloth: 978-1-59726-496-9 | eISBN: 978-1-61091-125-2 | Paper: 978-1-59726-497-6 Library of Congress Classification QH541.15.B56B572 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 304.2
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural biodiversity and human health and well-being. The five parts examine
health trade-offs between competing uses of biodiversity (highlighting synergistic situations in which conservation of natural biodiversity actually promotes human health and well-being);
relationships between biodiversity and quality of life that have developed over ecological and evolutionary time;
the effects of changing biodiversity on provisioning of ecosystem services, and how they have affected human health; the role of biodiversity in the spread of infectious disease;
native biodiversity as a resource for traditional and modern medicine
Biodiversity Change and Human Health synthesizes our current understanding and identifies major gaps in knowledge as it places all aspects of biodiversity and health interactions within a common framework. Contributors explore potential points of crossover among disciplines (both in ways of thinking and of specific methodologies) that could ultimately expand opportunities for humans to both live sustainably and enjoy a desirable quality of life.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Osvaldo E. Sala is the Sloan Lindemann Distinguished Professor of Biology and director of the Environmental Change Initiative at Brown University. Laura A. Meyerson is an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island, where she conducts research on biological invasions. Camille Parmesan is an associate professor in integrative biology at the University of Texas, Austin.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Changes in Biodiversity and Their Consequences for Human Health
Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson, and Camille Parmesan
Part One: Biodiversity and human health: from tradeoffs to synergisms
Chapter 2: Biodiversity, Food Provision and Human Health
Andrew Wilby, Charles Mitchell, Dana Blumenthal, Peter Daszak, Carolyn Friedman, Peter Jutro, Asit
Mazumder, Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard, Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau, Manju Sharma, and Matthew
B. Thomas
Chapter 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 Guegan, Kevin D. Lafferty, Anne
Larigauderie, Asit Mazumder, and Anne Winding
Ch. 4: Biodiversity and Human Health: The Decision Making Process
Camille Parmesan, Suzanne M. Skevington, Jean-Francois Guegan, Peter Jutro, Stephen R. Kellert, Asit
Mazumder, Marie Roue, Manju Sharma
Chapter 5: Sustainable Allocation of Biodiversity to Improve Human Health and Well-Being
Laura A. Meyerson, Osvaldo E. Sala, Alain Froment, Carolyn Friedman, Kerstin Hund-Rinke, Pim
Martens, Asit Mazumder, Aditya N. Purohit, Matthew B. Thomas, and Andrew Wilby
Part Two: Biodiversity effects on quality of life: beyond physical health
Chapter 6: Biodiversity, Quality of Life, and Evolutionary Psychology
Stephen R. Kellert
Chapter 7: Quality of Life, Biodiversity and Health: Observations and Applications
Suzanne M. Skevington
Part Three: Biodiversity effects on ecosystem services and their impacts on human health
Chapter 8: Consequences of Aquatic Biodiversity for Water Quality and Health
Asit Mazumder
Chapter 9: The Global Nitrogen Cycle, Biodiversity and Human Health
Alan R. Townsend, Luiz A. Martinelli, and Robert W. Howarth
Chapter 10: Links between Microbial Diversity, Stressors and Detoxification Capacity
Kerstin Hund-Rinke and Anne Winding
Part Four: Biodiversity effects on the spread of infectious diseases
Chapter 11: Microbial Communities: Patterns and Processes
Jean-Francois Guegan and Helene Broutin
Chapter 12: Biodiversity and Health: the Place of Parasitic and Infectious Diseases
Alain Froment
Chapter 13: Biodiversity and disease
Matthew B. Thomas, Kevin D. Lafferty, and Carolyn S. Friedman
Chapter 14: Climate Change, Wildlife and Human Health
Camille Parmesan and Pim Martens
Part Five: Biodiversity as a resource for medicine
Chapter 15: Biodiversity and the Search for New Medicines
Paul Alan Cox
Chapter 16: Traditional Medicines and Practices
Aditya N. Purohit
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Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease
edited by Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson and Camille Parmesan
Island Press, 2009 Cloth: 978-1-59726-496-9 eISBN: 978-1-61091-125-2 Paper: 978-1-59726-497-6
Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural biodiversity and human health and well-being. The five parts examine
health trade-offs between competing uses of biodiversity (highlighting synergistic situations in which conservation of natural biodiversity actually promotes human health and well-being);
relationships between biodiversity and quality of life that have developed over ecological and evolutionary time;
the effects of changing biodiversity on provisioning of ecosystem services, and how they have affected human health; the role of biodiversity in the spread of infectious disease;
native biodiversity as a resource for traditional and modern medicine
Biodiversity Change and Human Health synthesizes our current understanding and identifies major gaps in knowledge as it places all aspects of biodiversity and health interactions within a common framework. Contributors explore potential points of crossover among disciplines (both in ways of thinking and of specific methodologies) that could ultimately expand opportunities for humans to both live sustainably and enjoy a desirable quality of life.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Osvaldo E. Sala is the Sloan Lindemann Distinguished Professor of Biology and director of the Environmental Change Initiative at Brown University. Laura A. Meyerson is an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island, where she conducts research on biological invasions. Camille Parmesan is an associate professor in integrative biology at the University of Texas, Austin.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Changes in Biodiversity and Their Consequences for Human Health
Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson, and Camille Parmesan
Part One: Biodiversity and human health: from tradeoffs to synergisms
Chapter 2: Biodiversity, Food Provision and Human Health
Andrew Wilby, Charles Mitchell, Dana Blumenthal, Peter Daszak, Carolyn Friedman, Peter Jutro, Asit
Mazumder, Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard, Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau, Manju Sharma, and Matthew
B. Thomas
Chapter 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 Guegan, Kevin D. Lafferty, Anne
Larigauderie, Asit Mazumder, and Anne Winding
Ch. 4: Biodiversity and Human Health: The Decision Making Process
Camille Parmesan, Suzanne M. Skevington, Jean-Francois Guegan, Peter Jutro, Stephen R. Kellert, Asit
Mazumder, Marie Roue, Manju Sharma
Chapter 5: Sustainable Allocation of Biodiversity to Improve Human Health and Well-Being
Laura A. Meyerson, Osvaldo E. Sala, Alain Froment, Carolyn Friedman, Kerstin Hund-Rinke, Pim
Martens, Asit Mazumder, Aditya N. Purohit, Matthew B. Thomas, and Andrew Wilby
Part Two: Biodiversity effects on quality of life: beyond physical health
Chapter 6: Biodiversity, Quality of Life, and Evolutionary Psychology
Stephen R. Kellert
Chapter 7: Quality of Life, Biodiversity and Health: Observations and Applications
Suzanne M. Skevington
Part Three: Biodiversity effects on ecosystem services and their impacts on human health
Chapter 8: Consequences of Aquatic Biodiversity for Water Quality and Health
Asit Mazumder
Chapter 9: The Global Nitrogen Cycle, Biodiversity and Human Health
Alan R. Townsend, Luiz A. Martinelli, and Robert W. Howarth
Chapter 10: Links between Microbial Diversity, Stressors and Detoxification Capacity
Kerstin Hund-Rinke and Anne Winding
Part Four: Biodiversity effects on the spread of infectious diseases
Chapter 11: Microbial Communities: Patterns and Processes
Jean-Francois Guegan and Helene Broutin
Chapter 12: Biodiversity and Health: the Place of Parasitic and Infectious Diseases
Alain Froment
Chapter 13: Biodiversity and disease
Matthew B. Thomas, Kevin D. Lafferty, and Carolyn S. Friedman
Chapter 14: Climate Change, Wildlife and Human Health
Camille Parmesan and Pim Martens
Part Five: Biodiversity as a resource for medicine
Chapter 15: Biodiversity and the Search for New Medicines
Paul Alan Cox
Chapter 16: Traditional Medicines and Practices
Aditya N. Purohit
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