| Quantitative Viral Ecology: Dynamics of Viruses and Their Microbial Hosts Contributor(s): Weitz, Joshua (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691161542 ISBN-13: 9780691161549 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $70.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Virology - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 579.2 |
| LCCN: 2015012967 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.60 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When we think about viruses we tend to consider ones that afflict humans-such as those that cause influenza, HIV, and Ebola. Yet, vastly more viruses infect single-celled microbes. Diverse and abundant, microbes and the viruses that infect them are found in oceans, lakes, plants, soil, and animal-associated microbiomes. Taking a vital look at the microscopic mode of disease dynamics, Quantitative Viral Ecology establishes a theoretical foundation from which to model and predict the ecological and evolutionary dynamics that result from the interaction between viruses and their microbial hosts.Joshua Weitz addresses three major questions: What are viruses of microbes and what do they do to their hosts? How do interactions of a single virus-host pair affect the number and traits of hosts and virus populations? How do virus-host dynamics emerge in natural environments when interactions take place between many viruses and many hosts? Emphasizing how theory and models can provide answers, Weitz offers a cohesive framework for tackling new challenges in the study of viruses and microbes and how they are connected to ecological processes-from the laboratory to the Earth system.Quantitative Viral Ecology is an innovative exploration of the influence of viruses in our complex natural world. |