{"product_id":"mapping-disease-transmission-risk-9781421414737","title":"Mapping Disease Transmission Risk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone working in the area of disease transmission, particularly those employing predictive maps, will find Peterson's book both inspiring and indispensable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this pioneering work... A. Townsend Peterson breaks new ground... Peterson's approach holds potentially enormous benefits for those charged with determining how disease spreads, and how to control that spread. -- Venkat Subramaniam Biz India Magazine His main thesis is repeated like a mantra throughout the text, and was well received by me--disease mapping must move beyond geography and better incorporate ecology and biogeography. Peterson defends this thesis over 20 (mostly very short) chapters primarily via a broad, conceptual overview focused on methodological considerations and caveats to ecological niche modeling (ENM), and through brief descriptions of numerous relevant case studies. Quarterly Review of Biology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003eEcology and Biogeography\u003cbr\u003eThis Book\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Distributional Ecology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. General Conceptual Framework for Species' Distributions\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Background\u003cbr\u003eA General Schema of Distributional Ecology\u003cbr\u003eDisease Systems\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e3. Status of Data for Understanding Disease Distributions\u003cbr\u003eDisease Case-Occurrence Data Sets\u003cbr\u003eRelevant Biodiversity Occurrence Data Sets\u003cbr\u003eGeoreferencing\u003cbr\u003eThe Meaning of No Records\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e4. Current Tools for Understanding Disease Distributions\u003cbr\u003eThe Current Toolkit\u003cbr\u003eShortcomings of the Current Methodologies\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Disease Modeling Basics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Modifications to the Basic Framework\u003cbr\u003eDisease Peculiarities\u003cbr\u003eReal-World Examples: West Nile Virus and Others\u003cbr\u003eImplications for Disease Modeling\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e6. Modeling Components versus Outcomes\u003cbr\u003eDisease Transmission Systems as Sets of Interacting Species\u003cbr\u003eBlack-Box Approaches\u003cbr\u003eComponent-Based Approaches\u003cbr\u003eCombined Approaches\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e7. Space-Only versus Space-and-Environment Models\u003cbr\u003eExamples and Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eContrasting the Two Types of Models\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Preparing the Data\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Garbage-In-Garbage-Out Principle\u003cbr\u003eProblems with Data Quality\u003cbr\u003eBiases Created by Geography\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e9. Assembling Occurrence Data\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Considerations\u003cbr\u003eObtaining and Improving Occurrence Data\u003cbr\u003eCompatibility and Study Design\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e10. Assembling Environmental Data\u003cbr\u003eRelevance to Species' Distributions\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Considerations\u003cbr\u003eModifiable Areal Unit Problem\u003cbr\u003eSpecific Data Resources\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e11. Study Areas and BAM\u003cbr\u003eDefining the Area M\u003cbr\u003eSampling Considerations\u003cbr\u003eBAM Configurations\u003cbr\u003eDetails of M and A for Model Transfers\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Developing Models\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Calibrating Niche Models\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Niche Models\u003cbr\u003eNuts and Bolts\u003cbr\u003eCalibrating the \"Best\" Model\u003cbr\u003eTransferring and Extrapolating\u003cbr\u003eCharacterizing Ecological Niches\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e13. Processing Raw Outputs into Useful Maps\u003cbr\u003eChoosing Appropriate Thresholds\u003cbr\u003eFrom Potential to Actual Distributions\u003cbr\u003eProjecting and Transferring Models\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e14. Evaluating Niche Models\u003cbr\u003eControversies and Inappropriate Approaches\u003cbr\u003eBasic Concepts\u003cbr\u003eThe Confusion Matrix and Its Implications\u003cbr\u003eBinary Model Evaluation\u003cbr\u003eContinuous Model Evaluation\u003cbr\u003eModel Evaluation and Model Performance\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e15. Developing Risk Maps\u003cbr\u003eInitial Estimates\u003cbr\u003eRisk Modifiers\u003cbr\u003eType I versus Type II Errors\u003cbr\u003eOverlay, Testing, and Simulation\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Examples of Applications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Identifying Risk Factors\u003cbr\u003eBlack-Box Disease Ecology\u003cbr\u003eVector Ecology\u003cbr\u003eHuman Variables\u003cbr\u003eImprovements and Future Steps\u003cbr\u003eSpatial Interpolation and Prediction\u003cbr\u003eBlack-Box Examples\u003cbr\u003eComponent-Based Examples\u003cbr\u003eImprovements and Future Steps\u003cbr\u003e18. Identifying Species Involved in Transmission Cycles\u003cbr\u003eIdentifying Guilty Species\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding Transmission Systems\u003cbr\u003eDetecting Movement Vectors\u003cbr\u003eComplete Unknowns\u003cbr\u003eImprovements and Future Steps\u003cbr\u003e19. Responses to Environmental Change\u003cbr\u003eEarly Mechanistic Models\u003cbr\u003eEmpirical Niche Model Projections of Climate Change\u003cbr\u003eMechanistic versus Empirical Model\u003cbr\u003eImprovements and Future Steps\u003cbr\u003e20. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003eLiterature Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529530286423,"sku":"9781421414737","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421414737.jpg?v=1731875975","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mapping-disease-transmission-risk-9781421414737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}