Disease Ecology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction and Overview

   • Patricia G. Parker

   Pages 1-11

3. Colonization of Islands by Hosts and Parasites

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Colonization of Galápagos Birds: Identifying the Closest Relative and Estimating Colonization

      • Eloisa H. R. Sari, Jennifer L. Bollmer

      Pages 15-43

   3. Colonization of Parasites and Vectors

      • Arnaud Bataille, Iris I. Levin, Eloisa H. R. Sari

      Pages 45-79

4. Island Syndromes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Genetic Diversity in Endemic Galápagos Birds: Patterns and Implications

      • Jennifer L. Bollmer, Benjamin D. Nims

      Pages 83-111

   3. From the Vagile to the Sedentary: Disease Implications and New Host Relationships on Islands

      • David Cameron Duffy, F. Hernan Vargas

      Pages 113-135

5. Host-Switching

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Host-Switching: How It Starts

      • Maricruz Jaramillo, José Luis Rivera-Parra

      Pages 139-156

   3. New Host-Parasite Relationships by Host-Switching

      • Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Jane Merkel

      Pages 157-177

6. The Spread of Pathogens

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. Movement Among Islands by Host, Vector, or Parasite

      • Iris I. Levin, Arnaud Bataille

      Pages 181-212

   3. Invasion of an Avian Nest Parasite, Philornis downsi, to the Galapagos Islands: Colonization History, Adaptations to Novel Ecosystems, and Conservation Challenges

      • Birgit Fessl, George E. Heimpel, Charlotte E. Causton

      Pages 213-266

7. Challenges for Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

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   2. Domestic and Peridomestic Animals in Galapagos: Health Policies and Practices

      • Luis R. Padilla, Nicole Gottdenker, Sharon L. Deem, Marilyn Cruz

      Pages 269-291

   3. Filling the Gaps: Improving Sampling and Analysis of Disease Surveillance Data in Galápagos

      • Kathryn P. Huyvaert

      Pages 293-303

   4. Collaboration and the Politics of Conservation

      • Patricia G. Parker, R. Eric Miller, Simon J. Goodman

      Pages 305-324

8. Back Matter

   Pages 325-330

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This book provides the first collection of chapters written by scientists who have contributed to the understanding of disease ecology in the Galapagos Islands, an iconic and historic natural site. The Galapagos Archipelago straddles the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean, almost 1000 km off the coast of Ecuador, and includes 13 major islands, numerous smaller satellite islands, and many more even smaller islets. The wildlife on the Galapagos Islands today represents one of the best-preserved wild communities of plants and animals in the world, owing to the location of the islands at the intersection of major ocean currents, the commitment by Ecuador for the vast majority of the area to be left undeveloped, and the protection provided by the Galapagos National Park. Most of the animal species in Galapagos are endemic, occurring nowhere else. But they are descendants of ancestors that colonized earlier, and then, isolated from their mainland origins, evolved into forms that are recognized as distinct today. Since 2001, many of the authors of this book have been part of a four-institution partnership investigating the threats posed by pathogens to Galapagos avifauna. They approach the topic of disease ecology in a novel manner, starting with the history of arrival of both the birds themselves and the pathogens. This synthetic approach requires the integration of themes from veterinary medicine, epidemiology, population genetics, and phylogenetics.

• Wildlife epidemiology
• Conservation Biology
• Phylogeography
• Ectoparasites
• Occupancy modeling
• Veterinary medicine
• Epidemology
• Population genetics
• Phylogenetics

• Department of Biology, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, USA

  Patricia G. Parker

Patricia G. Parker is the Des Lee Professor of Zoological Studies at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, and Senior Scientist of the WildCare Institute at the Saint Louis Zoo.  She received her PhD at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill studying the foraging ecology of New World vultures.  She is a Fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union, the Animal Behavior Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  She began to appreciate the power of genetics during her postdoctoral work at Purdue University and used it to explore the private lives of birds while on the faculty at Ohio State University.  In her move to St. Louis in 2000, she added disease organisms to the mix of birds, genes, and behavior.  She has mentored 40 graduate students in some blend of these areas and lives today in St. Louis with her husband and two dogs, near her children and grandchildren.  





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