Disease Ecology

1. Introduction and Overview
Patricia G. Parker

Part I. Colonization of Islands by Hosts and Parasites

2. Colonization of Galápagos Birds: Identifying the Closest Relative and Estimating Colonization
Eloisa H. R. Sari, Jennifer L. Bollmer

3. Colonization of Parasites and Vectors
Arnaud Bataille, Iris I. Levin, Eloisa H. R. Sari

Part II. Island Syndromes

4. Genetic Diversity in Endemic Galápagos Birds: Patterns and Implications
Jennifer L. Bollmer, Benjamin D. Nims

5. From the Vagile to the Sedentary: Disease Implications and New Host Relationships on Islands
David Cameron Duffy, F. Hernan Vargas

Part III. Host-Switching

6. Host-Switching: How It Starts
Maricruz Jaramillo, José Luis Rivera-Parra

7. New Host-Parasite Relationships by Host-Switching
Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Jane Merkel

Part IV. The Spread of Pathogens

8. Movement Among Islands by Host, Vector, or Parasite
Iris I. Levin, Arnaud Bataille

9. 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

Part V. Challenges for Management

10. Domestic and Peridomestic Animals in Galapagos: Health Policies and Practices
Luis R. Padilla, Nicole Gottdenker, Sharon L. Deem, Marilyn Cruz

11. Filling the Gaps: Improving Sampling and Analysis of Disease Surveillance Data in Galápagos
Kathryn P. Huyvaert

12. Collaboration and the Politics of Conservation
Patricia G. Parker, R. Eric Miller, Simon J. Goodman

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Ecosystems, Evolutionary Biology