Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Discovery
Chapter 3 - It's the deer
Chapter 4 - It's the mice
Chapter 5 - It's the Weather
Chapter 6 - Questioning Dogma
Chapter 7 - Embracing Complexity: Food Webs
Chapter 8 - Embracing Complexity: Biodiversity
Chapter 9 - Embracing Complexity: Ecosystem Functioning
Chapter 10 - Embracing Complexity: Biocontrol of Ticks and Lyme Disease
Chapter 11 - In Pursuit of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Index

About the Author

Rick Ostfeld is Senior Scientist and Animal Ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York.

Reviews

"Researchers and graduate students interested in ecological and population aspects of Lyme disease will find value in this concise, well-argued booklet, with its clear historical account of Lyme disease epidemic, an up-to-date list of primary citations on Lyme disease ecology, and a rich source of ecological hypotheses for future studies. Especially, I recommend this volume highly to graduate students and researcher entering the field of ecology of enzootic
infectious disease (Lyme disease, in particular) for its values in both as an introductory text of the field and as a vivid and inspiring guide on how to build a successful research career by being a
contrarian and iconoclast." -- New Biological Books
"In sum, this book is an excellent reference and very insightful review of the history and co-epidemiology of Lyme disease. Focused more on the ecology than the epidemiology of Lyme disease and other emerging zoonoses, it will surely provide useful background and new ideas to those interested in wildlife, vectorborne, and zoonotic diseases, providing a
much more nuanced appreciation of their complex natural history and interactions
with humans." -- Journal of Wildlife Diseases