Ecology of Infectious Diseases in Natural Populations

List of participants; Introduction; Part I. Broad Patterns and Processes: 1. Impact of infectious diseases on wild animal populations: a review F. M. D. Gulland; 2. Microparasites: observed patterns A. P. Dobson and P. J. Hudson; 3. Mathematical models for microparasites of wildlife J. A. P. Heesterbeek and M. G. Roberts; 4. Microparasite group report C. Dye; 5. Macroparasites: observed patterns P. J. Hudson and A. P. Dobson; 6. Mathematical models for macroparasites of wildlife M. G. Roberts, G. Smith and B. T. Grenfell; 7. Macroparasite group report G. Smith; 8. Critical evaluation of wildlife disease models N. D. Barlow; Part II. Insects and Plants: 9. Nonlinearities in the dynamics of indirectly-transmitted infections (or, does having a vector make a difference?) C. Dye and B. G. Williams; 10. Model frameworks for plant-pathogen interactions J. Swinton and R. M. Anderson; 11. The dynamics of insect-pathogen interactions C. J. Briggs, R. S. Hails, N. D. Barlow and H. C. J. Godfray; Part III. Impact of Ecological and Genetic Heterogeneity: 12. Environmental influences on host immunity S. Lloyd; 13. Modelling the immuno-epidemiology of macroparasites in wildlife host populations B. T. Grenfell, K. Dietz and M. G. Roberts; 14. Spatial dynamics of parasitism D. Mollinson and S. A. Levin; 15. Spatial dynamics group report B. M. Bolker; 16. Genetic diversity in host-parasite interactions C. M. Lively and V. Apanius; 17. Genetics and evolution of infectious diseases in natural populations group report A. P. Read; 18. Beyond host-pathogen dynamics M. Begon and R. G. Bowers; 19. Glossary C. Watt, A. P. Dobson and B. T. Grenfell.