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Australia’s War Against Rabbits: The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease - Brossura

Cooke, Brian Douglas

 
9780643096127: Australia’s War Against Rabbits: The Story of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease
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ISBN 10: 0643096124 ISBN 13: 9780643096127
Casa editrice: Csiro, 2014

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The management of wild rabbits is a vexing problem worldwide. In countries such as Australia and New Zealand wild rabbits are regarded as serious pests to agriculture and the environment, while in many European countries they are considered an important hunting resource, and are a cornerstone species in Mediterranean ecosystems, modifying habitats and supporting important predator populations such as the Iberian lynx. The introduction of two viral diseases, myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic disease as biological control agents in Australia has been met favorably, yet their spread in southern Europe threatens natural rabbit populations. Despite this, scientists with very different goals still work together with a common interest in understanding rabbit biology and epidemiology.

Australia’s War Against Rabbits uses rabbit haemorrhagic disease as an important case study in understanding how animal populations adapt to diseases, in this case an RNA virus. Looking at Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease in an ecological framework enables insights into both virus and rabbit biology that are relevant for understanding other emerging diseases of importance to humans.

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Editore
Csiro
Data di pubblicazione
2014
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0643096124
ISBN 13 
9780643096127
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
222
Contatto del produttore
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