Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Changes in Biodiversity and Their Consequences for Human Health | p. 1 |
Biodiversity and Human Health: Synergisms, Trade-offs, and Road Maps for the Future | |
Biodiversity, Food Provision, and Human Health | p. 13 |
The Impact of Anthropogenic Stress at Global and Regional Scales on Biodiversity and Human Health | p. 41 |
Biodiversity and Human Health: The Decision-Making Process | p. 61 |
Sustainable Allocation of Biodiversity to Improve Human Health and Well-Being | p. 83 |
Biodiversity and Quality of Life: Beyond Physical Health | |
Biodiversity, Quality of Life, and Evolutionary Psychology | p. 99 |
Quality of Life, Biodiversity, and Health: Observations and Applications | p. 129 |
Decay of Ecosystem Services Following Biodiversity Change, and Consequent Impacts on Human Health | |
Consequences of Aquatic Biodiversity for Water Quality and Health | p. 143 |
The Global Nitrogen Cycle, Biodiversity, and Human Health | p. 159 |
Links between Microbial Diversity, Stressors, and Detoxification Capacity | p. 179 |
Biodiversity Change and the Spread of Infectious Diseases | |
Microbial Communities: Patterns and Processes | p. 193 |
Biodiversity and Health: The Place of Parasitic and Infectious Diseases | p. 211 |
Biodiversity and Disease | p. 229 |
Climate Change, Wildlife, and Human Health | p. 245 |
Biodiversity as a Resource for Medicine | |
Biodiversity and the Search for New Medicines | p. 269 |
Human Health, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services: The Interwined Challenging Future | p. 281 |
About the Editors | p. 286 |
List of Contributors | p. 287 |
SCOPE Series List | p. 291 |
SCOPE Executive Committee 2005-2008 | p. 295 |
Index | p. 297 |
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