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Your Environment. Your Health.

Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal How the biodiversity sciences may aid biological tools and ecological engineering to assess the impact of climatic changes

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Author(s):
Morand S, Guegan JF
Year:
2008
Journal:
Revue Scientifique Et Technique / Office International Des éPizooties. 27 (2): 355-366
Abstract:

This paper addresses how climate changes interact with other global changes caused by humans (habitat fragmentation, changes in land use, bioinvasions) to affect biodiversity. Changes in biodiversity at all levels (genetic, population and community) affect the functioning of ecosystems, in particular host-pathogen interactions, with major consequences in health ecology (emergence and re-emergence; the evolution of virulence and resistance). In this paper, the authors demonstrate that the biodiversity sciences, epidemiological theory and evolutionary ecology are indispensable in assessing the impact of climate changes, and also for modelling the evolution of host-pathogen interactions in a changing environment. The next step is to apply health ecology to the science of ecological engineering.

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Exposure What is this?

weather or climate related pathway by which climate change affects health

    Ecosystem Change, Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Precipitation, Temperature, Water Quality
    • Ecosystem Change, Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Precipitation, Temperature, Water Quality: Drought, Hurricane
    • Ecosystem Change, Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Precipitation, Temperature, Water Quality: Variability
    • Ecosystem Change, Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster, Precipitation, Temperature, Water Quality: Other Water Quality, Specify
      • Other Water Quality, Specify: water temperature
      Water quality issue (other)
Geographic Feature What is this?

resource focuses on specific type of geography

    General Geographic Feature
Geographic Location What is this?

resource focuses on specific location

    Global or Unspecified Location
Health Impact What is this?

specification of health effect or disease related to climate change exposure

    Infectious Disease
    • Infectious Disease: Vectorborne Disease, Waterborne Disease, Zoonotic Disease
      • Vectorborne Disease, Waterborne Disease, Zoonotic Disease: Mosquito-borne Disease, Tick-borne Disease
        • Mosquito-borne Disease, Tick-borne Disease: West Nile Virus
        • Mosquito-borne Disease, Tick-borne Disease: Lyme Disease
        Mosquito-borne DiseaseTick-borne Disease
      • Vectorborne Disease, Waterborne Disease, Zoonotic Disease: General Zoonotic Disease
      • Vectorborne Disease, Waterborne Disease, Zoonotic Disease: General Waterborne Disease
      Vectorborne DiseaseZoonotic DiseaseWaterborne Disease
Model/Methodology What is this?

type of model used or methodology development is a focus of resource

    Methodology
Resource Type What is this?

format or standard characteristic of resource

    Research Article, Review Article
Special Topic What is this?

related topics that intersect with those captured in other filters

    Communication
    • Communication: Resilience
    • Communication: Researcher
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